Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 24, 2010 · 45 Comments
AFN Diary: Day 3. Stop the Bullying and Let’s Be Family Again! By Elstun Lauesen This morning the long list of Resolutions were considered by the delegates and the Chairman of the AFN Resolutions Committee, Trefon Angasan asked if there were other matters to be brought before the body. A young man from Ft. Yukon, Edward Alexander, who looks to be in his mid-20s, took to the microphone on the floor and made a motion to suspend the rules. Immediately another delegate seconded it. Mr. Alexander announced that he wished to introduce a resolution asking for certain changes to the…
Category Alaska, Election 2010, Ethics, Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski, Rural Issues, Skulduggery, Ted Stevens · Tags 2010 AFN, AFN convention, Alaska Native corporations, Alaskans Standing Together, ANCSA, Elstun Lauesen, Lisa Murkowski, Ronn Murray, Ted Stevens
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 23, 2010 · 80 Comments
By Elstun Lauesen The most interesting meeting on Day 2 of the AFN Conference was on Village Survival! It wasn’t held at AFN. It wasn’t on the official AFN agenda. It was held miles away from the Carlson Center. It was a government-to-government consultation held with Alaska Tribal Leaders well away from the AFN venue. Mike Williams, Chief of Akiak Yupiit, sobriety advocate and mental health counselor organized the meeting while the Undersecretary for Indian Affairs, Larry Echohawk was in town for AFN. But the nature of the meeting, electric with a sense of urgency, required that the Tribal representatives…
Category Alaska, Alaska Senate Race, Bang it, Barack Obama, Election 2010, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Rural Issues, Ted Stevens · Tags 8(a), AFN convention, Alaska Native corporations, Alaska Native Tribes, ANCSA, Ted Stevens Alaska Natives
