Lower 48 ivory bans hit Alaska Native carvers

Dennis Pungowiyi shows off one of his favorite carving motifs, a mother walrus with her pup. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
Recent measures to curb elephant poaching in Africa are having unintended consequences in Alaska.
http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161107-06.mp3This July, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s near-total ban on the commercial ivory trade went into effect. At about the same time, state-level bans passed in California, Hawaii, New Jersey and New York, af