Blood lines: Sealaska studies Alaska Native descendant dilemma

Jeremiah James learns to sew marine mammal furs at a workshop sponsored by the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Photo courtesy Kathy Dye/Sealaska Heritage Institute)
What makes a person Alaska Native?In some places, a regulatory definition — known as blood quantum — has superseded cultural ones.  
And a new study by the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau tackles how that regulatory definition applies to marine mammal hunters.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/09LINEA