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Chugach Regional Resources Commission

 

 

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Staff
    • Land Acknowledgement
  • Programs
    • Subsistence Resource Management
      • Nanwalek Salmon Enhancement Project
      • AMBCC
    • IGAP Program
    • IQSAK Curriculum
    • Wetland Program
    • Tribal Conservation District
    • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
    • Alaska Migratory Birds Co-Management Council
    • Climate Change
    • Traditional Foods
    • Natural Resource Management
    • Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute
    • Marine Mammal Management
    • Kachemak Bay Watershed Collaborative
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    • 2022 Agenda
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Chugach Regional Resources Commission

Subsistence Resource Management

Regulatory Advocacy to the Board of Fish, Board of Game, Federal Subsistence Board, North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council



Objectives to Protect the Well Being of our People

1. Protect Alaska Native hunting and fishing rights including the harvesting and sharing of fish, game, and other resources.
2. Ensure Alaska Native management of traditional lands and resources.
3. Speak and act with a unified voice at regulatory meetings.

About Us

We, the Tribes and inhabitants of the Chugach region, proclaim that our subsistence harvests are essential to our cultural, nutritional, economic and spiritual well-being and way of life. Since time immemorial, we have served as stewards of this land, relying on detailed observation and knowledge of the environment to sustain both our people and our lands and seas. Over and over again, our way of life has been threatened, from slavery under Russian fur traders to the devastating effects of the 1918 flu pandemic in our region, the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake that decimated the region, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill that followed 25 years later. Today, we face the dual threats of climate change and development continuing to impact our environment and affect our livelihoods and well-being. We recognize our responsibility and authority to exercise our tribal rights as stewards to our traditional territories and resources and enter into this agreement to promote the health and wellbeing of our tribal members, our future generations, all Alaskans, and the plants, fish, and wildlife upon which we depend.

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Mission

Direct and enhance advocacy efforts to protect Alaska Native hunting and fishing rights central to the traditional way of life and wellbeing.

Alliance Representatives

The Alliance is made up of representatives from: Tatitlek Village IRA Council, Chenega IRA Council, Port Graham Village Council, Nanwalek IRA Council, Native Village of Eyak, Qutekcak Native Tribe, and the Valdez Native Tribe.

Our Projects

The Chugach People have a right to obtain traditional foods to continue our way of life, our culture, identity, and community well-being, as well as our food security and sovereignty. We have the knowledge and experience necessary to responsibly manage the resources that have sustained our people and culture for thousands of years through our indigenous knowledge systems, traditional ecological knowledge, and the resulting values and customs inherent to the Chugach People:

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Board of Fish Video (YouTube)
Board of Fish Video
Board of Game Video (YouTube)
Board of Game Video
Federal Subsistence Board Video (YouTube)
Federal Subsistence Board Video

 

Publications

Subsistence Alliance Constitution and Bylaws

Resources

Hunting Fishing Migratory Birds

Game Management Unit 7 Hunting Regulations

ADF&G Subsistence Fishing Information Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council
Game Management Unit 6 Hunting Regulations Federal Subsistence Fishing Information AMBCC Gulf of Alaska Region Regulations
Game Management Unit 15 Hunting Regulations   2021 Alaska Subsistence Bird Harvest Regulations Handbook
Federal Subsistence Board Southcentral Alaska Region   2021 - 2022 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations

 

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    • Tribal Conservation District
    • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
    • Alaska Migratory Birds Co-Management Council
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    • Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute
    • Marine Mammal Management
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COMPANY INFO:

Chugach Regional Resources Commission
PO BOX 111686
Anchorage, Alaska 99511-1686
Phone: (907) 224-5181
Email: info@crrc-alaska.org 

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Patrick Norman, CRRC Chairman & Port Graham Village Council Chief Quote

"Our Tribes in the past have been nomadic which is an English term, but the way you explain it is exactly how our people were. We were not stuck to where we are now. We were spread out all the way from Prince William Sound to Lower Cook Inlet and other places and got drawn into being in these one places during the Russian period. Then, when the canneries came around more permanent residences were established where we are now. But even during that time, our elders were still going out and doing their traditional hunting and harvesting in the spring and summer even though they were needed in the canneries. They maintained those traditions of going where they knew the animals and sea life were. The elders were so in tune with everything they used, they knew when to move to another area to let those resources build back up over time. That type of management of the resources that we use contradicts what we must follow now with the western culture where it is based on the western model based on my experiences of dealing with it. I look at it as they feel they have a need to control what we Natives are doing the same way they do with their own western cultures. So, it is an ongoing issue on trying to get them to understand our traditional way of doing it and them not fully accepting that yeah, we did manage these resources, and accept that when we make a request under their regulations to try and move our harvesting practices back to more traditional times is hard. Trying to get those things understood has been an ongoing issue for us. If they just understand that what we are asking is our observational look at the resources and try to get the best for our people."