tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.comments2023-11-02T00:22:35.864-08:00Alaska RealWriting Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355894663266799206noreply@blogger.comBlogger707125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-56665271602314445452013-01-29T07:31:20.184-09:002013-01-29T07:31:20.184-09:00Is it tomorrow or Monday? Phil says Monday?
Thanks...Is it tomorrow or Monday? Phil says Monday?<br />Thanks!crystalwolfladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057179813738238952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-7736672734900120072013-01-25T01:23:00.502-09:002013-01-25T01:23:00.502-09:00
Hey Munger, you going to bring your dog whistle ...<br /><br />Hey Munger, you going to bring your dog whistle in Town Square?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-87951062685981787442013-01-24T23:02:25.375-09:002013-01-24T23:02:25.375-09:00Welcome back, Writing Raven. hope to see you Mond...Welcome back, Writing Raven. hope to see you Monday at Town Square!Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-66946437789199627312013-01-24T22:11:54.364-09:002013-01-24T22:11:54.364-09:00I'm always fascinated by the vehemence with wh...I'm always fascinated by the vehemence with which so many (my fellow) whites advance the possibility of minority racism. It isn't that I don't think such racism happens, or even that I don't think it matters, but so often the significance is skewed beyond belief in those narratives. It's defense mechanisms in overdrive, and I can't help thinking some folks must feel far more implicated than they admit. northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-25297129177212827662013-01-20T19:08:19.492-09:002013-01-20T19:08:19.492-09:00Yay! Love to read your writing! Auntie You!Yay! Love to read your writing! Auntie You!Auntie Younoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-58935200041509124032013-01-20T13:47:13.245-09:002013-01-20T13:47:13.245-09:00Good to have you back.Good to have you back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336411055954492443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-29637169546170696112013-01-20T12:13:05.109-09:002013-01-20T12:13:05.109-09:00Welcome back!Welcome back!otto katznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-90288824239188802832013-01-20T11:11:00.949-09:002013-01-20T11:11:00.949-09:00Hooray!Hooray!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-44523622170475166362012-09-28T12:05:44.466-08:002012-09-28T12:05:44.466-08:00Harold Napolean's "Yuuyaraq: The Way of t...Harold Napolean's "Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being" is a short but intense look at historical trauma, and I believe he writes a bit about why he wrote the book in the introduction. Willie Hensley's "Fifty Miles From Tomorrow" is pretty popular, and as a leader in the land claims movement, there's a lot of info to go from. For fiction, I've always liked Velma Wallis' "Two Old Women," which is pretty short, but impacting.Writing Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355894663266799206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-43411589428676225202012-09-27T18:02:45.895-08:002012-09-27T18:02:45.895-08:00Hello,
I was born and raised in Alaska, I currentl...Hello,<br />I was born and raised in Alaska, I currently live in Redmond, Oregon and attend college here. I am taking a Native American history class this term and have to write a paper on a Native Author's book. Not about the author or the book itself but about why the author writes about what she/he writes about. Do you have any good suggestions on any Alaska Native Authors (I would like to do AK because it is my home state)that have a great quick read that can help me with this paper?<br /><br />Thank You, JessicaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793347346296231237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-14110216352793219712012-08-27T08:59:09.623-08:002012-08-27T08:59:09.623-08:00PLEASE read "Understanding the Book of Mormon...PLEASE read "Understanding the Book of Mormon" by Ross Anderson. I am appalled as anyone with a hint of any colour should be. And yes I will read the book u mention. Signed, A Concerned Native American in OhioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-39891402057472541612012-08-06T18:16:18.406-08:002012-08-06T18:16:18.406-08:00My school has a banned book week every year that s...My school has a banned book week every year that seems to last for more than a week. The books put out are always available as my school does not ban books. I read "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" last year and it is a wonderful book! I dont understand why it would be banned there are worse things on TV.K Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-83987780942815659132012-04-26T17:12:23.354-08:002012-04-26T17:12:23.354-08:00The cartoon would be just a little better if the n...The cartoon would be just a little better if the native character was dressed as one of Arizona's peoples.northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-77836050531789133582012-04-26T16:54:05.120-08:002012-04-26T16:54:05.120-08:00It's interesting that the same people who keep...It's interesting that the same people who keep reassuring us that public government sponsored prayers are non-sectarian and non-discriminatory have no patience the minute someone outside mainstream christianity steps up to deliver one.northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-51644640740355255942011-11-09T21:39:08.716-09:002011-11-09T21:39:08.716-09:00thank uthank ubrautkleiderhttp://www.brautkleideronlineladen.de/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-48902154028710750932011-09-29T18:17:59.548-08:002011-09-29T18:17:59.548-08:00thanks for bring more attention to things 'ban...thanks for bring more attention to things 'banned' ---went to my book outlet and added a few selectio :-)<br />UVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-17991686426201295622011-09-26T20:05:39.564-08:002011-09-26T20:05:39.564-08:00I was just reading bell hooks (feminist and social...I was just reading bell hooks (feminist and social activist)and I thought of this post. I wanted to share a snippit:<br />At the end of the day, as I considered why it had been so full of racial incidents, of racist<br />harassment, I thought that they served as harsh reminders<br />compelling me to take a stand, speak out, choose whether I<br />will be complicit or resist. All our silences in the face of racist<br />assault are acts of complicity. What does our rage at injustice<br />mean if it can be silenced, erased by individual material<br />comfort?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-75798493496477937292011-09-17T06:19:10.698-08:002011-09-17T06:19:10.698-08:00I've been watching this writer's work on h...I've been watching this writer's work on his own blog. He has a powerful voice and is developing truly rich arguments for a measured shift in education here.<br />I was more dismayed by the cavalier attitude about sending parents off to jail in the original article . <br />Parents who truly fail their children will not "get it" from a jail sentence and their children will not gain . My mother worked for years as a public defender for juveniles. Kids with broken parents all too often try to take care of those parents and do not learn to take care of themselves or mature as full selves.<br />The state and education system are not making distinctions about real failure to parent and troubles parents encounter with this truancy routine. Nor are the state and education system looking to truly solve any problems. All appearances are that it is merely to force children into seats in school and pray some knowledge of some sort filters through.<br />Parents who have real problems with parenting need help as do their children. Whether this comes from the larger community, family, and/or the education system, it is to the benefit of all to help.<br />Parents who cannot or do not parent are another deal altogether and it would serve us well to make the distinction.<br />There is also the issue that Alaska occupies a singular place as regards Native self determination rights in education post ANSCA. I'm hoping Mr Argetsinger and others will help us discuss this with a view to sorting out what we want to do about it.alaskapihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900235733791874046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-54190467888542304502011-08-10T20:31:41.813-08:002011-08-10T20:31:41.813-08:00Gunalchéesh! Chin'an!Gunalchéesh! Chin'an!Roy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146703347123374038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-74219094428230397082011-08-09T23:50:47.029-08:002011-08-09T23:50:47.029-08:00Yes it matters. Language is the core of a culture...Yes it matters. Language is the core of a culture. Tribal languages must be preserved.Whoa, Baby!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16006383978079549459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-40409475451240769242011-07-23T18:53:34.334-08:002011-07-23T18:53:34.334-08:00When I was a teen my father told me, very seriousl...When I was a teen my father told me, very seriously, that I did not know what I did not know. Veerrry seriously.<br />As time has passed what he was trying to get at has taken on new meanings. As it relates to your post I think it also means we often do not know what we have lost when we set aside tools which we have long used in favor of others.<br />I spent a great deal of time in college trying to understand what sophrosyne could be said to mean as it seemed to get at something English has no words for.<br /><br />http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/09/24/thursdays-term-to-learn-sophrosyne.htm<br /><br />It was a worthwhile venture and left me with a strong sense that we do lose important things when we set aside language which we lived in and through.<br />Yes, it matters a great deal.<br />Keeping Native languages alive means a great deal.<br />We should not wait until more are gone or threatened , to be mourners only. <br />I cannot speak my grandmother's tongue but I support the work of those with the Alutiiq project that what she once knew is not lost to her great great grands. They will have need of that knowledge.alaskapihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900235733791874046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-7401341306175592262011-07-21T05:59:26.224-08:002011-07-21T05:59:26.224-08:00Raven, those who spout the "why bother, we ar...Raven, those who spout the "why bother, we are going to have one language only" ideas are intellectually lazy, ruled by a belief of superiority of their ideas.<br />They are wrong.<br /><br />Full disclosure: I was born in Germany and lived in India and the UK before becoming a naturalized US citizen. I would not want to live anywhere else, but am not blind to the pros and cons of this nation's notion of exceptionality. <br /><br />The sooner in life we are exposed to languages other than the one we were birthed into, the easier they are to absorb. There is a benefit to this in that not only does our tongue become more facile, so does our mind. Yet when we are forced to abandon the language and culture to which we were born and to which we most likely have genetic memory, we lose out on some of the most important phases of our social and societal development.fromthediagonalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-60387856071681133132011-07-21T05:09:40.242-08:002011-07-21T05:09:40.242-08:00Writing Raven and all commenters have my gratitude...Writing Raven and all commenters have my gratitude.<br /><br />Throughout history conquerors of all kinds have forced the abandonment of the language and customs of the vanquished and have raped and otherwise enslaved them into submission. The conquerors have not merely been secular kings and emperors, but priests and preachers of religions of of all stripes. <br /><br />I agree that language reflects both the practical and the philosophical world view of the speakers and when it is lost, the culture dies because the vine of language which entwined the community has been ripped out of the communal mind.<br /><br />For better, for worse the english language has evolved into a global one. At this stage of commerce and technology it is a necessity that none can nor should deny. But let us look at other countries which have retained their original languages and are freely bi- and trilingual not merely in their spoken but also in their written forms. This is a desirable evolution and should be furthered, not suppressed. Yet, even in the very recent past there have been tribes in Africa,the Amazon and South East Asia who were "convinced" by missionaries to abandon their "Way of Life", only to be left to drift into rootlessness and despair that can only be eased by numbing the mind.<br /><br />... and we refuse to learn from past mistakes...fromthediagonalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-67992704532506539522011-07-19T22:22:30.832-08:002011-07-19T22:22:30.832-08:00The loss of a language is sad and with it the dive...The loss of a language is sad and with it the diversity that makes the world an interesting and special place. <br />My family included grandparents that brought their language to my life and I still miss hearing their way of passing on a special feeling or meaning by using their native tongue.<br />Thanks for bringing this up.<br />UVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920384099779950211.post-89427495502089428402011-07-19T15:22:57.086-08:002011-07-19T15:22:57.086-08:00I'll try not to spam you Alaska Real.
The los...I'll try not to spam you Alaska Real.<br /><br />The loss of any language is a tragedy. Fortuately, many native people in our state continue to pass their heritage & language to the younger generations. Perhaps because many live on reservations -it has kept their culture more alive than the blending of 'white America' where generational families are separated.Enjay in E MTnoreply@blogger.com