While on assignment in Alaska in 2012, I wrote this article (presented here in 3 parts) on the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. As the years passed, so did its evolution. More cultural events were added to the celebration such as the Blanket Toss, an ancient Native Alaskan...
While on assignment in Alaska in 2012, I wrote this article (presented here in 3 parts) on the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. The time was an exceptionally brutal and cold winter in late February 1935. It was twenty-four years before Alaska became a State of the Union and...
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are...
“To meet the challenges of the climate crisis and preserve all that we hold dear; to retain democracy, social justice, human rights, and other hard-won freedoms in the future, we must part ways with that which threatens to destroy them. Now is the time to make...
This is the easiest kind of bread you can make. Costs pennies and can get you through these strange times. (Thanks to Dena Kennedy) Navajo Flatbread: Makes 6 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/4 cups of lukewarm water 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1...
During this pandemic we have all had to re-define ourselves and adjust the way our families act and interact to keep our neighbors and loved ones safe. It’s a microcosm of what’s needed in our nation. Let’s face the facts. Because of the blatant disregard of the...
It was time in Whoville to find a new king. Based on truth and integrity, a trustworthy thing. ″My friends!” cried Donald. “Tell me! Do tell! Are you safe? Are you sound? Are you whole? Are you well? I’ll make your lives better; I promise you all”. But a tale is a...
“Their father’s hell did slowly go by . . .” “Let’s see, how can I swing the election my way since my inaction has resulted in 5.4 million American’s infected with the coronavirus, over 171,000 deaths of family members, 51 million unemployed and families losing...
(Thanksgiving family gathering, 2006, Dufresne apartment in the International District of Seattle) Mamook continued, “We are Tsinúk, . . . we are Chinook. And we are all brothers with the coastal Clatsop peoples. For over four thousand years we lived and flourished on...
