Please !  Alaska Natives are the one group who think they are above the law.  They would hunt and fish until there was nothing left if they could get away with it.  They want the feds to let them get away with it.   If anyone else is caught illegally hunting or fishing there is a price to pay.  The game they took is confiscated and sometimes the tools used to get the game are taken as well , along with a fine and possible jail time.  What happened when the natives illegally took that whale a few weeks ago ?  Native leaders told residents not to talk to the authorities and boasted they wouldn't give the illegal fish back .   If you want to cite past history , then that history alone should show we must stop illegal fishing and hunting now.