Category: Subsistence
One in a series of 30 minute radio documentaries "...which features to voices of Alaska Natives as they struggle for more control over their lives...Jim Sykes originally recorded the hearings of the Alaska Native Review Commission (ANRC) on location in Alaska's remote villages. ANRC Commissioner, Canadian Judge Thomas R. Berger, traveled throughout Alaska to find out how the people feel about their most basic values and the effects on them..."¹ by ANCSA. 3. Subsistence--A Way of Life: "Far from the political and legal controversies surrounding subsistence, Natives carry on their traditional subsistence lifestyles. Hear their very personal descriptions of subsistence, what it is, and what it means to them. An important aspect of this documentary will be to delve into the mix of subsistence and cash economies."² Other programs in the series: 1. The People, the Land, and the Law; 2. The Land and Sea; 4. Sovereignty--What It Means to People; 5. Traditional Councils and Corporate Boardrooms; 6. The Land and the Corporations; 7. Risking and Saving the Land; 8. Subsistence and the Law; 9. Sovereignty--How It Works in Real Life; 10. The Newborns--Left Out of ANCSA; 11. From Hunter, Fisher, Gatherer to Corporate Director; 12. Changing the Claims Act--The Key Players; 13. Recommendations of the Alaska Native Review Commission; 14. Other Settlements with Indigenous Peoples;15. The Dream versus the Reality; and Special Program: Berger's Recommendations.
¹ "Village Voices," Alaska Native Magazine 1985: 22.
² "Village Voices," Alaska Native Magazine 1985: 23.

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