Point Hope Walrus Hunters Sentenced for Federal Violations
![The coast near Cape Lisburne is littered with the carcasses of as many as 25 Walrus. Some are missing tusks. Image-DOJ Point Hope Walrus Hunters Sentenced for Federal Violations](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image24-09-2015-10.22.51.jpg)
Anchorage, Alaska—Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Thursday that four Point Hope residents were sentenced in United States Magistrate Court in Fairbanks, for charges stemming from their involvement in the illegal taking of walruses near Cape Lisburne, Alaska in September of 2015. The court accepted sentencing recommendations from the tribal government, Native Village of Point […]