The prevalence of sharing of resources in Cordova was documented in the survey. Eighty-eight percent of the households shared resources with others, and 91 percent reported receiving resources from other households in 1988. Three-fourths (75.3 percent) of the Cordova households surveyed in 1989 gave salmon to other households. More than half (53.6 percent) indicated they had received salmon. Coho salmon was the species most often given away (53.4 percent of the households), followed by sockeye salmon (41.5 percent) and chinook (34.2 percent). Sockeye was most often received (by 37.8 percent of the households), followed by chinook (36.3 percent) and coho salmon (21.9 percent). Almost half of the households gave away halibut (49.3 percent) and 47.2 percent received it.
Game resources were also shared, though fewer households reported giving game resources to others, because fewer households harvested them. Deer meat was given away to other households by 25.8 percent of the households, and received by 43.7 percent. All moose harvesting households (10.0 percent) shared moose meat with others, while 43.4 percent reported receiving moose meat.
Marine invertebrates were similarly given away by fewer households (37.9 percent) than those receiving them (72.9 percent) in Cordova in 1988. Crab and clams were the most widely shared. Twenty-two percent of the households gave crab to others, and 55.4 percent received crab. Dungeness crab were received by 48.0 percent of the households, king by 25.6 percent, and tanner by 17.6 percent.
Wild plants were not as widely shared as some other resource categories in Cordova. Although over half the households harvested berries, less than one-fourth (23.5 percent) gave berries or berry products to others, and similarly, 23.6 percent reported receiving berries. Wood appeared to be an individual household activity and product. While 37.8 percent of the households cut wood, 12.3 percent shared wood with others, and only 2.5 percent reported receiving it. . . .