Haven’t they suffered enough? Sarah Palin will be putting her little-used passport to work, traveling to Haiti. Yes, her old buddy Franklin Graham will accompany her on her trip. You all may remember the last time this dynamic duo visited the less-fortunate, they traveled to Western Alaska on Graham’s private jet with a one-time delivery [...]

Last week Governor Sarah Palin sent a series of messages from her Twitter account regarding the subsistence fishing situation in Western Alaska.  “Good news!” we were told. AKGovSarahPalinGood update re Rural Advisor John Moller’s recnt Emmonak trip, great news he reports; we’ll twitter assuming press won’t pick up good news.about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry [...]

We all know what it’s like to read about something, and to feel empathy…to wish that there was something we could do, to feel for the plight of other people.  But something happens when we actually make contact with people in person, and see them eye to eye.  All the abstraction becomes real and we begin [...]

The legislative session ends today, but the fun continues right to the bitter end. Residents of rural Alaska were interested to note that Rep. Mike Kelly (R) from Fairbanks (who won the election by one vote), is irritated with the idea of appropriating state energy assistance money to rural Alaska and suggested that people shouldn’t rely on state [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

Nicholas Tucker of Emmonak, Alaska has become known as the man who brought the plight of rural Alaska’s crisis of food, fuel and fish to national attention.  The problem has existed for a long time, but until now has played out beyond the view of most of Alaska, nevermind the rest of the country.  But [...]

We’ve all been closely following Sarah Palin’s reaction to the plight of rural Alaskan villages over the past six weeks.  There have been many Alaskan bloggers who have commented on this issue.  But one in particular brings a unique perspective and insight into the situation. Writing Raven, an Alaska Native blogger at Alaska Real has given [...]

Now we know!  We’ve been asking ourselves since January 12, what it would take to shame the governor into actually taking some personal time and doing something to help villages in Western Alaska who are running out of food and fuel this winter. Five full weeks after the news hit, we have an answer.  A [...]

I’m receiving regular updates from Ann Strongheart, our Mudflatter and Food Drive coordinator in the small village of Nunam Iqua (formerly Sheldon Point) which is relatively close to Emmonak, and several other small communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region in Western Alaska. Here’s the latest news from Ann. UPDATE from Nunam Iqua!! Wow, y’all are definitely keeping [...]

I suppose I could save myself some effort and make this post completely blank, but Alaskans were treated yesterday to a press conference from Governor Sarah Palin, so I suppose I should mention it.  And I was pleased to see that a reporter asked exactly the question I would have asked the governor regarding the [...]

Headline News on CNN today featured a story on the struggles of rural Alaskans. The story which began with families unable to keep their children and elders warm and fed, and feeling completely alone, is now on the most mainstream of mainstream media, the top story on CNN.com.  We did it. I talked to Dennis Zaki [...]

Embedded video from CNN Video You’ve all been witnessing the evolution that many of us in Alaska have seen since the nomination of our Governor for John McCains Vice Presidential running mate. We’ve watched how one small local story, moves to one blog, then another and another, and then to larger and larger newspapers, and [...]

Here is the first of several videos to come from Dennis Zaki’s trip to rural Alaska. Dennis’ trip was absolutely invaluable in bringing awareness to those living outside rural Alaska of the region, the people, and the unique challenges faced by their fellow Americans in that region of the country. As the topic of rural Alaska [...]