How state-level ivory bans are hurting Alaska Native hunters and their communities
On top of climate change, Alaska Native subsistence communities must now contend with a growing threat to a key source of income — local ivory bans meant to protect elephants.
July 1, 2019
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Perry Pungowiyi, a Yupik artist and hunter from western Alaska, says there are two big changes that have made the tradition of walrus hunting in the Bering Sea more difficult than it used to be.
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