Health Consultation: Review of Annette Islands Seafood Study Results. Metlakatla Indian Community (a/k/a USDOT FAA Annette Island), Metlakatla, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Alaska. EPA Facility ID: Ak3690500167

摘要

In 1887, about 800 Tsimshian Indians founded the village of Metlakatla, which is located in Port Chester, on the west coast of Annette Island, Alaska. Currently, about 1,375 people live in Metlakatla, of whom the majority are Alaskan Native. Fishing is very important to the Metlakatla Indian Community. Subsistence foods make a substantial contribution to their nutritional well-being, as well as social, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Harvesting the fish and shellfish is also an important element of the communitys economy. As a result of past military activities, a closed sawmill, sanitary sewer outfalls, and other activities, the Metlakatla Indian Community worries that environmental contamination exists in the seafood around the Metlakatla Peninsula. They are concerned that exposures to contaminants in fish and shellfish can potentially lead to harmful health effects, as well as affect the commercial fishing industry.