Fred Lee Bifelt talks with Wendy Arundale on July 24, 1992 [sound recording].

Title:

JLCTITLE245:

[sound recording].

Personal Author:

Bifelt, Fred Lee, 1958-

Physical Description:

1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min) : analog.

Series:

National Park Service collection - Gates of the Arctic

Series Title:

National Park Service collection - Gates of the Arctic

General Note:

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Event Note:

Recorded on July 24, 1992 in Alaska.

Abstract:

Fred Bifelt talks about his personal history, his recollections of the Land Claims act, his involvement with the native corporations, problems with setting up native corporations, the politics of subsistence, local control of game management, prejudice, social problems affecting natives, and the future of subsistence.

Personal Subject:

Bifelt, Fred Lee, 1958-

Corporate Subject:

United States. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act -- History.

K'oyitl'ots'ina' (Alaska)

Subject Term:

Koyukon Indians -- Government relations.

Subsistence economy -- Alaska -- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Corporations -- Alaska -- Management.

Koyukon Indians -- Economic conditions.

Public lands -- Alaska -- Public opinion.

Geographic Term: