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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on Alaska Native subsistence next week.

The hearing was set for last fall but was canceled due to September 11 and the anthrax scare on Capitol Hill. It takes place April 17.

Get the Story:
U.S. Senate committee to hold hearing on Alaska subsistence (The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 4/5)

Relevant Links:
Subsistence Amendment, Alaska Governor Tony Knowles - http://www.gov.state.ak.us/subsistence_amendment
Native subsistence rights, Native American Rights Fund - http://www.narf.org/pubs/justice/1999SPRING/spring1999.htm
Alaska Federation of Natives - http://www.akfednatives.org
Katie John et al. v. State of Alaska - http://www.mountainstateslegal.org/legal_cases.cfm?legalcaseid=64

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