Voices from the Flats – Ann Strongheart Wants Answers, and You Can Help!
~The Fuel/Tank Farm at Nunam Iqua. Photo taken in spring flood of 2008.~ For those of you who visit the blog Anonymous Bloggers you know that we have been trying for months to find out whether or not the villages in rural Alaska have enough fuel to make it through this winter. After last years [...]
Corned Beef Hero – A Letter of Thanks
Happy Easter, Mudflatters! This morning, I thought we could take a break from politics for a moment and focus on the positive work that this community has accomplished on behalf of the residents of rural Alaska. There is much more to be done to ensure long-term solutions for the challenges facing Alaskan villages, but there [...]
Kids Reach Across the Ocean – Punahou to Nunam Iqua.
I’ve been posting pretty regularly giving updates on the crisis in rural Alaska. The mismanagement of fisheries in Western Alaska has led to salmon runs that are unable to sustain the people who have relied on them for thousands of years as a staple subsistence food, and more recently as a source of income. This, coupled with [...]
Update from Rural Alaska
April 1, 2009 Update from Nunam Iqua Happy APRIL FOOD’S Day! Wow, have I had a horrible bout of illness lately. First, my daughter CC started off with it, and decided she had to share it with me and Hubby. First a nasty head/chest cold, and then a stomach bug. I am slowly, very SLOWLY [...]
Update from Rural Alaska
Another update from Nunam Iqua!! Well let’s see since I last did an update Nunam Iqua Food Drive has received over 620 lbs of food!! We sorted and distributed it to 31 needy families here in Nunam. The boxes came from… 4 boxes from New York , New York (LOL my fingers almost got ahead [...]
Update from Rural Alaska.
Wow!! It’s been so busy here in Nunam. I am SO far behind on my updates. Here’s a “catch up” update for the past week. Nunam Iqua Food Drive has received nearly 900 lbs of food and supplies this past week. The boxes came from: JB Bush (donation order) 8 cases of diapers, 2 cases [...]
CNN Coverage of Emmonak in Crisis
CNN has aired the following piece, including great video from Dennis Zaki. They interviewed Zaki and used footage of his interviews with residents of Emmonak to shed more light on the situation in Western Alaska. He speaks about the “why don’t they move?” argument, and brings the focus back where it ought to be -on [...]
