My friend Dennis Zaki has a message, and a request, for the readers of The Immoral Minority.

Here is the text that Dennis sent along with the video to explain his plan to help our first people.

Hello Immoral Minority readers!

Gryphen has been kind enough to give me some space here to announce my latest film project in Western Alaska.

I'm trying to raise $21,400 for a documentary about the corporate takeover of Alaska's fisheries that affect the daily lives of the people that live along the 1,984 mile long Yukon River.

Large factory ships trawl Alaska's oceans in search of pollock and catch large numbers (more than half) of the Chinook salmon destined for the Yukon River in their nets.

The Native Alaskans living along the river, are no longer able to support their families with salmon for food or sale, after doing so for thousands of years.

I want to tell their stories to the world via a documentary film.

Politicians in Alaska have been passing the buck on this issue for years.

Gryphen and most of Alaska progressive bloggers raised money to get me to Emmonak to show the world what was going on in January of 2009.

I have been involved behind the scenes ever since to try to get some action out there. Failed half-term former governor Sarah Palin made promises to Alaska's Natives that she did not keep. Present governor Sean Parnell has ignored the situation entirely.

For the film I plan to speak to Alaskan politicians, Yukon residents, village leaders, factory trawler operators (if they'll speak to me), and McDonalds, the primary recipient of Alaska's pollock.

I'll also interview former fisheries observers and hear how factory ships fish "off the clock" in the middle of the night and catch thousands of salmon that go unreported as bycatch and are discarded like garbage.

There are some cool awards given to those who donate including DVD's of the film as soon as it is released.

Help me get this story to the world. You can even donate as little as $1 if that is all you can manage, but of course the more you can help the better.

Thank You,
Dennis Zaki.

If you want to help Dennis with this amazing project just click here to offer your support.

And if you are interested in learning more about the project then please visit the website and read all about the struggles of these amazing people and how Dennis hopes to bring their story to light.