Brown bears on the northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: traditional knowledge and subsistence uses in Deering and Shishmaref
Georgette S. 1999. Brown bears on the northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: traditional knowledge and subsistence uses in Deering and Shishmaref. Technical Report. 248. Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Juneau, AK
(Adapted from author's abstract). This report describes traditional knowledge and subsistence uses of brown bear by residents of Deering and Shishmaref, two small, predominantly Inupiaq communites on the northern Seward Peninsula in Alaska. Topics covered include observations of historic and contemporary brown bear abundance, natural history of bears, human and bear interactions, subsistence hunting and use, harvest estimates, and Inupiaq cultural rules regarding bears. Information in this report was gathered through interviews with 41 residents of Deering and Shishmaref during spring 1998.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Georgette, Susan
- Date of Issue
- 1999-01
- Publisher
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Units
- BELA
- Keywords
- Abundance, Animal Studies, Bering Land Bridge National Monument, Brown Bears, Deering, Harvest, human and bear interactions, Mammals, Natural History, Shishmaref, Subsistence, Traditional Use