Print article The Native Village of Savoonga is situated on Sivuqaq (our traditional name for St. Lawrence Island), located in the northern Bering Sea, closer to Russia than Alaska’s mainland. Like much of rural Alaska, our communities of Gambell and Savoonga are off the road system and have limited housing; some of our homes lack access to clean drinking water, and our internet is spotty at best. Rural communities are some of the most disenfranchised, yet lawmakers seek to further their disenfranchisement by stymying rural Alaskan’s access, ability, and right to vote. All too often, when these kinds of decisions are being deliberated and made, Alaska Native voices are absent from the table. Presently, with the introduction of Senate Bill 39, the latest effort is to eliminate the convenient, effective and safe vote-by-mail program that many of us relied on during this global pandemic. We look to not only keep our elders safe but every person within our small communities. Addi
Saturday night at Red Fox: A tragedy remembered 33 years on
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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The Red Fox Tavern near Maramarua where publican Chris Bush was murdered in 1987. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The Red Fox Tavern near Maramarua where publican Chris Bush was murdered in 1987. Photo / Jason Oxenham Bill wondered about getting out of bed to mow the lawns but thought no, bugger it, they could wait. He was comfortable. He d woken up at 7 and read for a while, then went back to sleep. In the afternoon, he watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, a 1982 adventure movie set in the French Revolution. It was all right even though it went on for three hours with commercials. Bill, who rented his bach from a dairy company, lay in bed all day. He worked hard with timber during the week and it was a Saturday. Besides, he liked things quiet. It suited his personality. He was a softly spoken man, 41 years old, and kept out of people s way.
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Pākehā call for tikanga to change. Is it not okay to be Māori?
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins at Waitangi. Photo / Getty Images
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Why is it so hard for non-Māori to accept that they don t need to police how ngā iwi Māori exercise their tikanga and cultural identity?
How often is it that Māori, especially our rangatahi (youth) Māori, see a headline or read an article that slaps them with the condemnation of their cultural identity? The short answer: all the time.
It is my fear that some of them will open a mental space for self-hate, all because some journalists and media outlets ask us to compromise who we are, our tikanga, for the comfort of all Pākehā.
It’s our duty to hold the governor accountable Author: Christopher Zimmerman
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Print article More than six decades ago, a group of 55 men and women assembled to consider, debate and, finally, to write the foundational document for our state. This work took 75 days and involved many years of prior study by those who understood it was the key to unlocking Alaska’s entry into the United States of America. I can think of no offense more damaging to our constitution than its willful violation by a sitting governor. I believe most Alaskans would agree. It is unfathomable that the Anchorage Daily News editorial board recently placed the recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy who displays an ongoing pattern of violating the constitution and breaking the law in the same league as the effort to recall an Anchorage assembly member for admitting an extra two individuals to chambers. The comparison is ludicrous and minimizes the significance of the governor’s constitutio