Fish and Frustration on the Yukon – A Native Leader’s Perspective
By Myron Naneng, President of the Association of Village Council Presidents I traveled to Mt. Village and Emmonak on Saturday, May 30 to listen to concerns raised by the village community members regarding the upcoming summer fishing season and how restrictions are going to be implemented on the chinook salmon, the stable and food for [...]
Palin Rejects Stimulus Money. Throws Alaska Under the Bus to “Save Face.”
I can’t help noticing the irony of the front page of the Anchorage Daily News. It pretty much says it all, quite poetically. A) Over there on the left in the headlines section it says: Palin Cuts $80 Million from Budget - Gov. Palin announced today that she is vetoeing $80 million from the state [...]
Wayne Anthony Ross in His Own Words.
Sarah Palin’s pick for Alaska’s new Attorney General, Wayne Anthony Ross, a controversial and divisive figure in Alaska politics sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon. And yes, I listened to the whole thing. There were many moments that stuck out for me, but here are two, since I didn’t have time to transcribe [...]
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 [...]
More from Emmonak on CNN!
Here are two more clips of Dennis Zaki’s video footage that ran on CNN, CNN International, and Headline News today! Commentary discussed the food/fuel crisis in rural Alaska. This project has really gotten its wings. Sources “inside” are saying that this project is putting the pressure where it needs to go. We are holding feet [...]
Money? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Money.
The Federal economic stimulus package which will make hundreds of billions of dollars available to states for critical infrastructure projects, has asked governors across the land to submit a list of eligible projects in their home states. Palin’s list? It’s short. Four projects that support the mythological gas pipeline, and one for the Kodiak missile [...]
Where in the World is Dennis Zaki?
Thanks to outstanding fundraising efforts, our intrepid videographer, Dennis Zaki is packed up and ready to go to Emmonak to put the eyes of the wider community on Alaska’s rural energy crisis. He’s actually been packed up and ready to go for a couple days now. He’ll be flying in to Bethel, and traveling on [...]
