PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Holen, Davin L. TI - The Atna’ and the Political Ecology of the Copper River Fishery, Alaska AID - 10.1353/arc.2011.0003 DP - 2004 Feb 06 TA - Arctic Anthropology PG - 58--70 VI - 41 IP - 1 4099 - http://aa.uwpress.org/content/41/1/58.short 4100 - http://aa.uwpress.org/content/41/1/58.full SO - Arctic Anthropol2004 Feb 06; 41 AB - Political ecology is a holistic mode of inquiry that applies political analysis to issues of resource use, specifically access by actors and organizations interacting in defined social and cultural contexts. This paper uses a political ecology perspective to reveal how the Atna’, an Athabaskan people of south-central Alaska who have no treaty rights to resources, use their knowledge of their environment to articulate a specific claim to Copper River salmon. Three case studies of Atna’ public activism are presented demonstrating Atna’ participation in the governmental regulatory process.↵Davin L. Holen, Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99518