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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Eskimo leaders in Barrow, Alaska, attended a hearing on Oct. 14 to oppose a proposed 750-square-mile native reservation as too large for the village but insufficient to protect traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping areas used for generations.
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BARROW, Alaska, Oct. 14.—Eskimo leaders oppose the proposed size of a reservation for natives planned in this Arctic coast area.
Seventy-five natives attended a hearing Saturday and their spokesman said they believed a reservation of 750 square miles area, as tentatively proposed by the Alaska Service, was too large for a village reservation.
The area would be too small, however, they said, to protect hunting, fishing and trapping areas which Eskimos have used for generations.
The hearing was originally set for Fairbanks Oct. 10 but because of the distance and travel costs for Barrow natives, it was transferred here.
Atty. George Folta of the Alaska Native Service, Don Foster, General Superintendent, and Mrs. Muriel Lowman, Secretary, flew here to attend.
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Barrow, Alaska
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Oct. 14
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Eskimo leaders oppose the proposed size of a reservation for natives planned in the Arctic coast area. Seventy-five natives attended a hearing Saturday and their spokesman said they believed a reservation of 750 square miles area, as tentatively proposed by the Alaska Service, was too large for a village reservation. The area would be too small, however, to protect hunting, fishing and trapping areas which Eskimos have used for generations. The hearing was originally set for Fairbanks Oct. 10 but because of the distance and travel costs for Barrow natives, it was transferred here. Atty. George Folta of the Alaska Native Service, Don Foster, General Superintendent, and Mrs. Muriel Lowman, Secretary, flew here to attend.