Saturday, August 28, 2010

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.
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  1. Me, aka IAugust 31, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    I think that it is hard for people to see their own mistakes, especially when comparing it to other people's. This newspaper gave people a chance to explain the problems that they were having, and to help people see what was wrong. I agree that this was probably a big effect of AFN becoming influential enough to pass ANCSA

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  2. VashtiAugust 31, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    I agree that the Tundra Times paper had a huge effect on how ANCSA passed and that it allowed natives to talk to each other. I do not agree that if they were to repeat the Tundra Times over and over that it would catch the attention of the government. If it was in New York times, I think it would as New York times is EVERYWHERE, I see it in Alaska and it's the "New York" times. It goes all over the country. Tundra Times, from what I can tell, was only in Alaska. For a newspaper in Alaska, which is quite isolated from the rest of the U.S. compared to the other states, I don't believe it would catch the eye of the U.S. government enough for them to take action. Although Tundra Times helped greatly in the passing of ANCSA, it was the people who made that happen, not the newspaper. Without the people passionately fighting for native rights and working together to make it real, it would've been impossible.

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  3. kyranSeptember 3, 2010 at 1:54 PM

    i dont know about the Tundra Times having a huge effect on the passing of ANCSA but i do think it helped a bit. and the government doesnt always care about everything no matter how many times its been written or disscussed. especially since it wasnt widely known throughout the U.S. its not like it was the New York Times or the Rolling Stones magazine.

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  4. Me, aka ISeptember 3, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    It wasn't that the Tundra Times was published nationwide that made the difference. From what I read, it had more to do with educating people within the state about the problems, leading he AFN to unity

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2010 at 5:44 PM

    Vashti, to the government Alaska was just a peice of land until oil was discovered. But it's still not so important to them because they dont acknowledge us. And I agree that Tundra Times did helped a bit to pass ANCSA. But the point that I want to make is that if Tundra Times was publish across the U.S then the people will become interested and maybe move up to Alaska.

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  6. cabeatusSeptember 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM

    The Tundra Times really informed Alaska Natives on what was going on in Washington D.C. Since D.C. was so far away, many people were unaware of ANCSA and how it was progressing but thanks to the Tundra Times, it was available for everyone to know what was going on.

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