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BLOG: Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor’s race (12/7/2011)
(Alaska) -- Independent photojournalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander were on Alaska’s North Slope in November to document traditional whaling by the native...
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Karuk: ‘The river is too hot, the fish are too soft’ (2/20/2012)
(Washington) -- Before she was born, Mavis McCovey was made known to the Karuk people in a vision sent to the tribe's medicine woman. She was then trained for the...
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Wolf season ending in most of Montana; 163 killed (2/15/2012)
(Montana) -- Hunters in Montana have shot about 160 wolves as the season comes to a close, falling short of the state’s 220-animal quota. State wildlife...
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Supreme Court tears up ticket, reaffirms tribal fishing jurisdiction (2/10/2012)
(Washington) -- State wildlife authorities had no right to cite a Yakama Nation fisherman for catching undersized fish at a Columbia River tribal fishing site, the...
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State Supreme Court backs Yakama fisherman in sturgeon case (2/9/2012)
(Washington) -- In a ruling issued this morning, the state Supreme Court determined that state wildlife authorities had no right to give a Yakama fisherman a ticket for...
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Walker Favors Wolf Hunters over Native Rights (2/4/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- Last Thursday, Anishinaabe elder Joe Rose of the Bad River Band addressed a press conference at the WI State Capitol. He traveled 250 miles from the...
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Alberta First Nation outraged at lack of caribou protection (1/29/2012)
(Alberta) -- A First Nation in northern Alberta is outraged because federal Environment Minister Peter Kent recently said he will not issue an emergency protection order...
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Extended Indian hunting rankles some non-Indians (1/26/2012)
(Washington) -- "The Indians ... shall have the right to hunt on the unoccupied lands of the United States so long as game may be found there on, and so long as...
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Minnesota DNR details wolf hunting plan (1/25/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Up to 6,000 Minnesotans may get the chance to hunt and trap wolves later this year under a plan unveiled Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Natural...
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Yakama Nation shutters Boundary Reach to anglers (1/19/2012)
(Washington) -- Rule-breaking anglers certainly don't like it and even some law-abiding fishermen may not like it, but state fisheries biologists are quite pleased...
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Alaska expands aerial shooting of bears (1/17/2012)
(Washington) -- In a new package of policies criticized even by some hunters, the Alaska Board of Game on Tuesday opened the door to aerial gunning of bears by state...
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Yakama Nation closes Boundary Reach to anglers (1/16/2012)
(Washington) -- Rule-breaking anglers certainly don’t like it and even some law-abiding fishermen may not like it, but state fisheries biologists are quite pleased...
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Ex-governor joins opposition to expansion of bear snaring (1/13/2012)
(Alaska) -- The use of snares to kill bears is a "train wreck" of wildlife management policy, a former Alaska governor said Thursday as he announced that he...
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Groups up the ante to encourage wolf hunters (1/3/2012)
(Montana) -- Sportsmen's organizations continue to sweeten the pot to encourage hunters to try and bag a wolf before Montana's season ends in February.
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Charter school becomes a success story (1/2/2012)
(Alaska) -- What does berry picking have to do with math? Children at a public charter school in Anchorage, Alaska, know the answer - they've sorted berries by color...
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NV's inaugural bear hunt ends with 14 bears killed (1/2/2012)
(Nevada) -- Nevada's inaugural bear hunting season has drawn to a close with hunters killing 14 black bears. Nine males and five females were killed by hunters...
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Top Stories of 2011 / Illegal fishing cases (12/31/2011)
(Michigan) -- The case of three teens accused of torturing and severely injuring cattle at an area farm has been selected by Daily Press readers as the top news story...
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Missing tribal hunters found after two days (12/29/2011)
(Washington) -- Two missing hunters were found Thursday within the closed area of the Yakama Nation reservation, authorities said. The pair, both Yakama members, were...
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Two missing tribal members located near Toppenish (12/29/2011)
(Washington) -- Two members of the Yakama Nation missing since Tuesday were reunited with family Thursday night. The two men, ages 27 and 35, were reported missing when...
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Newfoundland calls on Ottawa to fight for sealing industry (12/28/2011)
(Canada) -- Newfoundland and Labrador is urging Ottawa to push back against a reported seal-pelt ban in Russia and two other countries, acknowledging that the loss of...
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Possible Mille Lacs walleye limits raise eyebrows, concerns (12/26/2011)
(Minnesota) -- Walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs is a pretty touchy subject. The lake is fished by Indian bands as well as non-tribal anglers, and conversations about...
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