My Side of the RiverIn 1971 the U. S. government created the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and extinguished Alaska Native aboriginal rights to hunting and fishingforever changing the way Alaska Natives could be responsible for their way of life. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service claimed all wildlife management responsibility and have since told Natives when, where, and how to fish, hunt, and harvest according to colonial