Koyuk Native Village

10/10/98 SAT 02:45 FAX 9079632353 NATIVE VILLAGE OF KOYUK 001 NATIVE VILLAGE OF KOYUK IRA COUNCIL P.O. BOX 30 * KOYUK, ALASKA 99753 PHONE: (907) 963-3651 * FAX: (907) 963-2353 RESOLUTION 98-10-08-02 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING A MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL MANAGMENT OF SUBSISTENCE WHEREAS. The Native Village of Koyuk is a federally recognized tribal government body for the community of Koyuk, in the Bering Straits Region of Alaska; and WHEREAS. the United States government is mandated by ANILCA and the federal government courts to assume management on subsistence fishing in federally- controlled waters in Alaska on December I, 1998 because the State of Alaska is not in compliance with the subsistence protections in ANILCA; and WHEREAS. the State of Alaska has had eight years to come into compliance with ANILCA and has shown by the inaction of its legislature that does not have the political will to protect subsistence in accordance with ANILCA: and WHEREAS, Alaska state fish and game laws do not provide a meaningful protection to people reliant on subsistence USCS of fish and game; and WHEREAS. the federal government has managed subsistence hunting on federal lands since 1991 but has been prevented from managing subsistence fishing by " moratorium" rides to federal appropriation acts which the Alaska Congressional delegation has obtained in the hope of persuading the Alaska state government to come into compliance with ANILCA; and WHEREAS, any further moratorium or extension of time for the state to act will just encourage the state politicians who oppose any meaningful protection of subsistence and delay indefinitely resolution of the subsistence impasse in Alaska;