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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2001

Alaska Governor Tony Knowles' Subsistence Leadership Summit got underway on Wednesday in Anchorage.

The two-day summit is designed to foster discussion about subsistence issues in the state. It is bringing together state officials, Alaska Native leaders and others.

Byron Mallott, president of the First Alaskans Foundation, used the opening session to point out that many Natives feel ignored by the state. He and other leaders also had to defend their subsistence needs.

Knowles is using the summit to try and come to a consensus on the rural subsistence. He may appeal the landmark Katie John case to the Supreme Court.

The case resulted in the takeover of a number of Alaska's waterways by the Department of Interior to fulfill its trust responsibilities to Alaska Natives.

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