Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals

Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals IPCoMM is a statewide organization that works to identify/address marine mammal issues of concern.

About the Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals (IPCoMM)

IPCoMM was formally organized in Anchorage, Alaska in January 1992 following a Marine Mammal Conference in December 1991 sponsored by the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. Some identified long-term marine mammal issues at that time were: (1) MMPA reauthorization; (2) Co-management; and (3) Involving traditional knowledge

in the subsistence issue

Seventeen marine mammals commissions, councils and other Alaska Native organizations, plus one observer, are members of IPCoMM. IPCoMM plans meetings twice a year during which members discuss issues of common concern regarding marine mammal conservation and subsistence issues.

06/10/2024
06/10/2024

What do Ringed seals have to do with the Native Village of Kotzebue Environmental Program? Everything!

Ringed seals have always played a critical role in the survival of people in the Arctic, including the Qikiqtaġruŋmiut people of Kotzebue. They provided calories in the form of meat and oil for people and their sled dogs, fuel for seal oil lamps providing heat and light during the long Arctic winters, and material for making waterproof clothing and rope.

Natchiq Grows Up captures the adventures of Natchiq, a young Ringed seal adapting to the changing environments of her home on the Arctic ice. Based on true events that brought together western scientists and our Indigenous Knowledge holders, Natchiq shows what we are able to accomplish when we work together - including groundbreaking research.

Check it out!! Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of an Alaska Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home. Book by Alex V. Whiting, Donna D.W. Hauser, and Kathryn J. Frost. Royalties from all book sales support the Native Village of Kotzebue youth programs.
https://upcolorado.com/university-of-alaska-press/item/6434-natchiq-grows-up?fbclid=IwAR0foY6F8kQt_Hney6j8VHZn-t8zu9cMo5o0bB1-jNuGQABBxx_FXM1TuR8

Photo: Cyrus Harris and Edward Ahyakak release tagged seals. Photo NOAA Permit 358-1787-02

06/03/2024
05/19/2024
05/07/2024
05/03/2024

The Aaluk Crew landed Utqiaġvik's first bowhead of the spring season last week. It was also 17-year-old striker Donald Adams' first catch.

05/03/2024

An Alaska Native family faces backlash from environmentalists due to whale hunting.

Address

750 W. 2nd Avenue, Suite 106
Anchorage, AK
99501

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+19073498066

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