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Elias Kelly’s
My Side of the River combines memoir and stories of Kelly’s elders with public history to explore the impact of federal and state regulations on the traditional life and subsistence methods of Native Alaskans.
List of contents
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Introduction
Part I
1. Hunting, Fishing, and Resource Management in Native Alaska
2. Wildlife Management
3. Yukon River Fisheries
4. Subsistence
5. Federal and State
6. Roots and Moratoriums
7. Alliance Seekers
8. Whitefish Fishing
9. Yup’ik Economics
Part II
10. Social Morals and Obligations
11. Calendar Cycles
12. Environmental Realms
13. Spiritual Realms
14. Is It Too Big?
15. More Native Teachers
16. Educational Endeavors—
Poaching for Dummies 17. Sustainable Management
18. Misnomers of Management
19. Status Quo
Part III
20. Paimiut River
21. Fish and Game Hats
22. Shortsighted
23. Genetic Tributaries
24. John Paul Edwards (1971–2001)
25. River Ecology
26. Civil Obedience
27. Sense of Time
28. Lessons of Humility
29. A Whale, a Whale
Part IV
30. Bad to the Bone
31. Alaska Sovereignty and Land
32. Cooperative Management / Co-management
33. One Nation and . . .
34. Treaty Obligations
35. Management Options
36. Wisdom of Elders
37. Story of Tribes in Alaska
38. All Things Considered
About the author
Elias Kelly (Yup’ik) formerly worked in forestry, fisheries, and wildlife management in Southeast Alaska, Fairbanks, Bethel, and Pilot Station. He currently works with the Lower Yukon School District.
Summary
Elias Kelly’s My Side of the River combines memoir and stories of Kelly’s elders with public history to explore the impact of federal and state regulations on the traditional life and subsistence methods of Native Alaskans.
