Title: The subsistence harvests of wild foods by residents of Shungnak, Alaska, 2002
First published: 2004
Description: Shungnak is a small Inupiaq Eskimo community on the Kobuk River in northwest Alaska. Most of Shungnak's 248 residents depend substantially upon locally harvested wild foods for their subsistence. This report provides an estimate of subsistence harvests by Shungnak residents during calendar year 2002, and is the first comprehensive estimate of subsistence harvests on record for the community.
Subjects: Statistics, Inupiat, Hunting, Fishing, Subsistence economy, Economic conditions, Wild foods, Agriculture
Places: Alaska, Shungnak, Shungnak (Alaska)
LC classification: E99.E7 M2213 2004