A/HRC/21/47/Add.1 Alaska (including submissions at Anchorage consultation) 120. Native Village of Point Hope: Importance of accessibility to subsistence resources including whales, seals, polar bears and fish; negative repercussions of military activities and radiation on village population and wildlife; high poverty rates and substance abuse in area. 121. Alaska–Hawaii Alliance for Self Determination: Self-determination for Native Alaska and Hawaiian peoples; government and corporate practices are abusive toward indigenous natural resources and cultural practices. 122. Chugachmiut Tribal Consortium: High rate of suicide among Alaska Natives; intergenerational stress and related long-term consequences on children and communities. 123. Indian Law Resource Center: Legal barriers regarding violence against Native American and Alaska Native women include the lack of jurisdiction over non-Indians, lack of adequate response to violence against Alaska Native women due to jurisdictional limitations created by United States law, and ramifications of Public Law 280. 124. Native Village of Eklutna: Need to balance subsistence needs of indigenous peoples with development of urban areas in Alaska. 125. Akiak Native Community and Akiak IRA Council: Restrictions on king salmon fishing inhibit families and elders from gathering a sufficient fish supply for the winter; confusing fishing regulations hinder some indigenous peoples from harvesting fish. 126. Yupiit Nation, Akiak Native Community: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act restricts traditional fishing activities; request for Congressional hearings to examine high rates of suicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, accidental death, and health issues in Alaska Native communities. 127. Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope: Maps of Arctic Slope area; proposed oil and gas exploration development; information about possible oil spill in Arctic Ocean. 128. Kenaitze Indian Tribe Community members: • Status of Alaska Native peoples is distinct from indigenous peoples in the contiguous United States; Alaska Natives must be afforded rights of selfdetermination and self-government. • The United States provided false and misleading information regarding the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. 129. NANA Regional Corporation: Importance of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the promotion of indigenous rights domestically; need to protect and promote subsistence activities at the federal and state levels; Kuskokwim river king salmon closure places severe stress on the food security of Yupiit households in the region; economic barriers to rural economic development; diminishing population of indigenous language speakers. 130. Alaska Native and Indigenous Faculty Council: Significant disparities exist between Alaska Natives and other Alaskans. 131. Ahtna, Inc.: Ongoing adverse land title and subsistence disputes are exacerbated by differential enforcement of property laws and a lack of enforcement of trespass laws. 132. Sealaska Corporation: The equitable settlement of Native land claims is fundamentally an issue of Native rights, but also of job fairness and self-determination; the importance to pursue subsistence activities, both to preserve aspects of culture and to ensure food security; the legal framework governing subsistence in Alaska significantly hampers the ability of Alaska Natives to access their traditional foods. 46