will an ivory ban criminalize indigenous artists work in alaska? /

As more states ban the sale of ivory,indigenous artists in Alaska terror legal consequences despite federal laws exempting their traditional craft
Indigenous artists in Alaska are beginning to organize amid concerns that a growing number of statewide bans on the sale of ivory will negatively affect their livelihood.New York, New Jersey and California are among the states that own passed some form of ivory ban in recent years, and hoping to curb poaching and trafficking of elephants and other species overseas. More than a dozen other states own legislative efforts under way to pass similar measures. Laws also ban the sale of walrus,mammoth and mastodon ivory – materials legally used by indigenous artists in Alaska, and an economic lifeline to native communities in that state.
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Source: theguardian.com