The subsistence way of life in western Alaska comes with many challenges. To feed our families, we hunt, fish and gather food from our natural surroundings, so taking care of our resources is the only ...

Among our closest living relatives -- the great apes -- we humans are unique: We have larger brains, reproduce more quickly and have longer life spans. These traits are obviously valuable, but the ...

The Anchorage Daily News examined a new subsistence diet guide targeting Alaska Natives that includes nutritional and cultural food options for cancer survivors. The Anchorage Daily News examined a ...

Scientists say that subsistence hunting in Neotropical rain forests -- the mainstay of local people as a source of protein and a direct connection to these ecosystems -- is in jeopardy from a variety ...

A program that allows some rural residents to use food stamps to purchase hunting and fishing equipment has quietly been available in Alaska for at least three decades. But is anyone using it? The ...

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1986), pp. 153-179 (27 pages) Archaeological investigations have treated agriculture as a nominal variable. Mass spectrometric analysis allows a ...

The Chinese government conducted its first time use survey of the activities of Chinese individuals in 2008. Activities were classified into three broad types, maintenance activities, subsistence ...

Farming efforts produce a wide range of crops, but there are different types of farming that dictate how it is carried out and whether there is money to be made for both farmers and investors. Though ...

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the board which regulates subsistence hunting on federal lands within Alaska acted legally when it created an emergency hunt ...