Klukwan villagers on Saturday afternoon held a march in honor of Native subsistence champion Katie John.
John, an Athabascan elder who won a landmark lawsuit defending her family’s traditional salmon-fishing site, died May 31 at age 97.
Speaking at Saturday’s march, Chilkat elder Joe Hotch said John’s actions helped all subsistence users, not only Alaska Natives. “Our children and grandchildren will benefit from her work,” he said.
Appealing to federal subsistence law outlined in the…