Maize (corn) linked with cannibalism

I was reading in the paper we were given Monday that has all those different species of life in them, the first page reading Cannabis in bold letters. Well I was looking at my species for the week: Maize, which we call corn. I was surprised when I found out that corn was linked with cannibalism. I would've thought it was the other way around and that corn helped prevent cannibalism because it provides food. Although corn does provide food, which many people are dependent on, including America, it does not provide all the nutrients needed for growth. So instead, some people would resort to cannibalism in order to get all the nutrients they needed as much of the wildlife had been cultivated for corn and game was longer very common. I mean that seems pretty serious to me. Why would they continue using corn when it caused that problem? Surely there is a crop that would work just as well or a combination of crops... Isn't there?

The Hunt for Theia

I have really been interested in our current theme in Geography. I have always been interested in the Universe. One thing that really intrigued me was Theia and how the Moon was formed. I have read more into it to prove this hypothesis that Earth and the Moon were once a single body. It is interesting to read futher into it because Theia isn't actually proven to be true, because where would a planet as big as Theia come from? If they can find remains of Theia then they could prove where the Moon as come from. Interesting :). I have a few links about Theia below.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/09apr_theia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090413-mm-stereo-lagrange.html

Earths Evolution

This subject The Evolution of Earth has made me think hard of the posibilities of life on other planets and the power thats obtainable through higher science. The things that earth has gone through to get to the point we're at is extraordinary. From all the disasters and being at the right distance from our sun is against the odds. Even with having the right size of a sun we are lucky. Where we begin from the Big Bang Theory even that is an awesome unattainable power and with that makes me believe that anything is possible. The amount of force and energy to do that we wouldnt be able to recreate. Even the thought of trying to mess with that kind of force and power scares me. Mankind in my mind was lucky in so many ways to get to this point of evolution. Through all this with the amount of galaxies out there and the amount of stars in them I do believe with the odds there is a planet with life on it. Though with all our advances in technology discovering them were running out of time. As the galaxies move away from each other at the speeds there moving we dont stand a chance. Our technological development is the problem with our inability to search at a faster rate. Although we can and are searching the universe for life, we like the odds of our existance is unreachable. We would need to stop their movement to be able to search everyone with the amount of galaxies and stars in them.

There are a few holes in the Big Bang theory. First off, Why is gravity suddenly a repulsive force? Then, why do we think that because the universe is now expanding that it always has expanded and it will continue expanding? But those can be explained that the particle was so small and that the energy that lets it expand now had to come from somewhere.
Then here is my two big questions: how could time be nonexistant before the big bang? that does not make sense to me. Then, how did the original particle get there in the first place? if it was so small to begin with, how could it have lasted for any amount of time at all? How would gravity pull it together into one place if it is gravity that makes it explode in the first place? In other words, what happened in the 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 second before the big bang? (Why that particular number, anyway?) Other than that, it makes sense. To be fair, it runs into the same problem all other physics runs into, when you ask what makes the laws of nature laws to begin with. You will never get an answer to that question because there is a question behind that answer, and a question behind that answer, and a question behind that answer, ect, ect, ect, ad infinitum.
Personally, i believe the big bang was the creation. "And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the Deep."

Geography

My family is from Huslia, Alask. Back in the day before i was born and even thought of, the native people lived of off the land. made clothes with what they had and never wasted anything, Also money wasn't a concern like it is now.

The natives in my hometown share a lot. It is like whenever someone gets a moose they either share it during potlaches or any different events. They also share hunting places. Even welcome strangers to their houses to eat or maybe even share their vehicles. My hometown is all about sharing (pretty much).

Since my hometown is Huslia my corporation is Doyon. As a shareholder i get checks every November or so. When i get my dividends from Doyon they are about ninety to one hundred dollars.

Fighting for Rights

The hunting rights issue had its beginnings in 1960 when state Representative John Nusunginya was arrested for shooting ducks outside of a hunting season established by an international migratory birds treaty. Two days after he was arrested, 138 other men shot ducks and presented themselves to federal games wardens for arrest. By 1961 the charges against all of them had been dropped, but all Natives were warned that future violations would result in arrest in prosecution. This was a very inspirational quote that i think was a very smart and strong. Back then I guess it was hard going for their own rights. In my village of Shungnak Alaska by Kotzebue my family and many other people up north went geese hunting. So this event in the past really helped hunting rights today.

William Hensley:The Treaty of Cession

I totally agree with him on this subject "why had not the 7 1/2 million been paid to the Alaskan Natives, and Eskimos?Instead it was paid to the fellow Russians for no reason, because they claimed the land? Alaska, and Russia should start a media war, to see who gets the land, and if Alaska wins ,then Russia can refund all the money that they got for free? Oh well i'm pretty sure that this will never happen in American, Russian, and Alaskan history.

The Land

I am from the village of Shungnak, Shungnak is on the Kobuk River. Kids my age don't know much about ANCSA. My grandma would talk about how it was back than. She lives in the village of Shungnak. She told me how they got food, they would go to camp and move during the winter. She didn't worry about who owned the land, there wasn't a piece of paper that said anybody owned the land. In the reading it says, " Land was generally held by the group as a whole, with perhaps the exception of individual hunting or fishing camps. These boundries of control were not based on written documents or maps, but on actual traditions and practice." My grandma knew how to get food and knew how to live in the weather conditions because her parents taught her.
Today life is so different. Life is easier today. It was different for my grandma. Back then it wasn't so easy for my grandma to get to places, for me it is because now there is transportation. It also wasn't easy to get a good education, my grandma didn't graduate. Things are easier now. Back than it wasn't.
Today I think kids my age should know about ANCSA because it is important to know about what made Alaska how it is today.

Interview

I interviewed my grandma the other day and it was quite interesting. They first had meetings in colleges dorms and living rooms and then the leader ship started to form called the AFN. She did went to the first few meetings. She told me that they started the meetings because when the oil was discovered they knew that the white people would take it away. She knew William Hensley, Sara Fema Shane, and Ruby Tensy (I'm not sure how to spell their names so you can correct me if I spelled it wrong). When she went to a restaurant called Country Kitchen which was also called Sugar Shack the manager/cook told her and her friends to sign up for Anchorage because since they were going to stay in Anchorage and not go back to the villages they might as well sign up. So my grandma sign herself, my mom Iva, and her nephew and now they are shareholders of CIRI. My grandma also told me that in the papers it said that having fedral owned lands is illegal. So now I'm curious about that topic and I hope you guys will too. Anyways when ANCSA passed she wasn't happy when they got 44 million acres after all the fighting they did. That was it for the interview.

Minority Business Benifits

I do not agree with minority business benifits. I think laws should uphold equal oppertunity regargless if you are a minority or majority. I also don't agree with laws that extract revenge or payback for past wrongs. The law should uphold things as they presently are, not try to fix things as they were. Sure, it shouldn't of happened, but it happened. it is not happening. It would not be just to give one business a bigger advantage over another.

Hensly was Right (Cont.)

Some people nowadays call Hensly a sellout and that all he wanted was money from the white man. i personally and strongly disagree. i think that we are far better off than the Natives in the lower 48 who actually were and still are in reservations. i honestly cant imagine my people on a reservation. Can you?

As Hensly says in his speach that he gave in '69 "When Alaska was first sighted in 1741, the Native population was about 74,700. thirteen years after Alaska was sold by the Russians, the population was decimated to 33,000. and the Eskimo population went from about 54,000 to 18,000 in just 150 years." i was just aastounded at how much we lost as a people and im honestly surprised we still survived. to me William Hensly is a hero.

Gave Ak. Natives a Voice

I was reading about the Tundra Times paper and it says the paper gave Alaska natives a voice. This is interesting to me because it gave attention to the land right of Eskimos, Indians, and so on. I was thinking, if that got attention they should do the same thing over and over until it got the attention of the government. I think this is great, if they didn't make a newsletter there would still be issues that affected a lot of people.

Did the Russians or the Americans have any claim to any part of Alaska at all? Did they have a legitiment claim when they had lived in their settlements for a few generations? Is there a claim on Alaska for Americans, or should they leave? At which point are grievences of the past, and at which point are grievences an issue that has to be resolved? At which point should we fight for our rights,and at which point should we forget and end the fight?
What is our duty now?
Another point I would like to make: I do not think the Russians or Americans ruled in the best way. Their governments supported, actively and by silence, some of the evil actions of their people here, on purpose or by accident. I do not think that Americans or Russians in Alaska are bad by definition, but that they did not always rule well. Of course, this is a broad statement. There were many good things done by good leaders, but that I do think there were a lot of mistakes made about what to do with the Native people. I think that there were many good people in Alaska, both Russian, American, and Native, but that justice did not happen until recently, for the most part, concerning Alaska Native Claim Settlement.

I like This

The thing that i thought was really interesting, I didn't even know Willie Hensley was in the NANA region like me and was from Kotzebue. I am wanting to meet this guy because I know for a fact that he taught my dad in the past.

I'm a bit confused

So, while I was reading the first assignment I noticed that when Paul Ongtooguk listed the 13 Regional Corporations, he listed Tanana Chiefs Conference as one of the regional corporations. That took me back a little because 1. TCC is a non-profit corporation, correct? And 2. Doyon is not listed either. So is this a mistake on Mr. Ongtooguk's part or is there something that happened since then that has changed?

The Native Lands

I was just wondering how much the natives got out of this ANSCA deal. The natives got 44 million acres of land and $962.5 million for the land they lost. But how much land did they lose? What type of land did they lose? ANSCA did its best to go to all the different villages and figure out where everybody's fishing, egging, hunting, gathering, and and other traditionally used grounds were. Approximately 65% of Alaska is federally owned. How much of that used to be natively owned? 44 million acres are only a small fraction of Alaska. $962.5 million sounds like a lot, unless the natives gave up 100 acres or more. Does anyone know how much traditionally used land was given? Anyone have an elder that lived before 1971 that could tell them how the lands they lost changed their live or culture? Cause if we could hear from one of them and hear, first hand, how that land helped them survive and support their culture, and how they were able to manage without those traditional lands, that'd be really cool.

Hensley Was Right

i think that Hensley was speaking the truth when he said that the only title the Natives had or needed was the fact that they have lived and occupied the territory for thousands of years; long before the whites came (including the Russians). and now today we are far better off then the Natives down in the lower 48. i dont think i could imagine Alaska if ANCSA didnt pass.

Why the native have land claim

I totally or hundred percent agree with William Hensley for taking our land without asking native first. I think that the natives should be payed by the U.S. The natives also did own the land because they were here before the white people came and took over. But it is also good that the white people keep away from the other natives land. They shouldnt bother them on the property that they had before they ever went there. And giving away the land for only 962.5 million, i would of went higher with the land but it was all good when they gave us 44 million acres of land. Well i guess. Actually it is good how much land they gave us...

ANSCA- Subsurface and Surface land claims

So, the regional and village corporations are sharing the land in. The regional corporations, such as Doyon and CIRI, were given the rights to own the subsurface and the village corporations, like Haidi and Cape Fox, were given the rights to own the surface. Why did they do this? Why did they make it a "split estate." Did this make it easier somehow? I just don't know why they would do this instead of sharing subsurface and surface rights.