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- Through years of litigation, Katie John petitioned the state and the federal government to allow for traditional fishing at Batzulnetas. As a result of her determination and vision, her name is synonymous in Alaska with rural subsistence rights.
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Hunting and Fishing Rights (Katie John v. Norton) A 27-year legal battle over Alaska subsistence hunting and fishing rights. Status: Archived. Background: Katie John is an Ahtna Athabaskan Indian and the daughter of the last chief of Batzulnetas.
Katie John (October 15, 1915 – May 31, 2013) was an Alaska Native advocate and cultural expert. John was a plaintiff in a court case against the United States challenging the denial of Native subsistence fishing rights, known throughout Alaska as "the Katie John case."
Twenty years later, Katie and Ahtna elder Doris Charles wrote to the Alaska State Board of Fisheries to re-instate subsistence fishing in their village, prompting the “Katie John Cases" which set into motion a long battle for the subsistence rights of Alaska Native peoples.
Oct 26, 2021 · As a result of her determination and vision, her name is synonymous in Alaska with rural subsistence rights. Katie is gone now, but her legacy lives on. She was an exceptional steward of her tribal traditions and was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2014 for her advocacy and leadership. http://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae ...
Jan 9, 2009 · The Katie John Case pushed the federal government into assuming a more active role in the management of subsistence fisheries and expanded its jurisdiction to include fishing on more than half of Alaska’s navigable waters. The Katie John decision stands as one of the few protections of Alaska Native traditional hunting and fishing rights, and ...
The Katie John Decision Well before the government published its 1992 final rule on Alaska subsistence management, both federal officials and a broad spectrum of other interested individuals recognized that actions were taking place in the federal courts that had the potential to significantly broaden the federal government's role in the ...
By standing up for her belief that she had the legal right to live a subsistence lifestyle, John forced the federal government to protect and preserve subsistence rights on federal lands and waters and forced the State of Alaska to cede management authority to the federal government over subsistence uses of Alaska’s fish and wildlife on ...
