Part One
For those of you who have been following the Alaska blogs for awhile this may be the first time that you will get a chance to see and hear Ann Strongheart who was a co-founder of the Anonymous Bloggers site over to the left on my blogroll.
She gave many people their first glimpse into what life in rural Alaska is all about. And as many Mudpuppies know all too well she also provided information about how the villages that were so terribly affected by the cold snap and lack of fuel last year responded to the donations that many of you sent.
Part Two
This panel of Alaska's first people helps those of us living in cities and outside of Alaska a real understanding of what it means to live a "subsistence" lifestyle.
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Gryph thanks for posting this. I would not otherwise had a chance to view it.
ReplyDeletemy goodness, the trolls rise early do they not.
ReplyDeletehi, gryph...missed meeting you while in your fair city.
ReplyDeletewe of the anon bloggers thank you for your support and continuiing sleuthing.
the truth will come out.
anon 9:09...
ReplyDeleteReally? "Manure"? Show some respect. Shannyn MOORE is putting out a hi-quality television show each and every week in addition to a great daily radio show.
Grow up, you mindless little fuck!
Thanks anonymous 10:53 for pointing that candy ass troll to me. I missed it when I moderated the comments.
ReplyDeleteThose Palin-bots are very jealous of Shannyn. They attack her here every single time i post videos from her show.
Shannon, the CDQ program was not a government designed program, certainly not a pox blanket and beads offering to placate restless Natives. It was an honest village-based grass roots concept that lobbied the U.S. Government against all odds to allow not only the Alaskanization and Americanization of what was once a foreign (and then Seattle) dominated fishery. The CDQ’s allowed Alaskan village access via guaranteed allocations and levels the playing field for Alaska Natives watching these industrial titans fish their fish off their shores. Magnuson-Stevens does not rape, pillage and plunder Western Alaska, to a large extend, it ignores it; however, with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke’s Lower Yukon fishery disaster determination, we will see section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act direct funds to the region to address the economic shortfall.
ReplyDeleteObviously, the corporations need to be accountable to the villages they purport to serve.
On to the leadership style of Governor Sarah Palin during the Emmonak (Nunam Iqua) fish and energy crisis last winter: she sat on that because in her limited world-view and understanding of Chief Executive responsibilities, she does not believe that fiscal conservatism extends itself to dealing with populations in distress due to external factors. See G W Bush with the epic fail of Katrina.
She let the Anonymous Bloggers take lead through fundraisers and food drives – but let Franklin Graham allow her and Parnell to hitchhike on a pithy mercy mission in which goodies distributed (40 lbs. boxes of processed crap) were worth pennies to the jetfuel those luxury jetliners burned on this PR mission.
Her cookies were her way of letting the villagers eat cake. She hid behind her husband Todd’s minute blood-line as her Alaska Native policy credential but her year of rule included letting a public appointed Board of Game member joke that all Natives were drunks, fired the only Alaska Native member of her Cabinet, and let her constituency freeze and starve. But she was welcomed to fanfare and hoopla, even in a cold and dark place where cookies were consumed on empty stomachs and received as an acceptable solution. This photo-op in turn gave her a treasure trove of visual proof that she is beloved by Natives and that in turn, will make her look good in her woefully obvious minority appeal shortfall.
She is as Ugly and Alaskan as she is an American.
Ann & Shannyn - you both did a great job with the Food Drive in Rural Alaska segment. I felt the pride, surprise, and gratitude coming from both of you regarding the outcome of last winter's crisis response.
ReplyDeleteHow amazing is it that this little Bush Alaska story turned into a such a big portal of communication and help!
I heart Rural Alaska! I wrote that on every package I sent to the villages.