Alaskan Politics (statewide and nationwide) (Anchorage, Fairbanks: store, deposit, worth)

[Siouxcia]

Originally Posted by Grannysroost

I swear I heard the name Anne Kilkenny before this, was she maybe in the contact list from the yahoo email??? If so would make it more propaganda

Not!
snopes.com: Alaskans' Opinions on Sarah Palin

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by starlite9

That is a very good description of Alaskan history in a short version. UAF has all sorts of neat stuff in their archives you can access on the web.

Thanks for posting that!

Welcome, and I am still working on reading - is very informative and starts out with just the verbage we take for granted and how it is used wrong...

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by Siouxcia

Not!
snopes.com: Alaskans' Opinions on Sarah Palin

Ok - haven't had a chance to look, but the name sounds familiar...

[Floyd_Davidson]

Originally Posted by Glitch

I have checked the accuracy of what I posted, and it is both verifiable and factual, unlike your posts.

Not the case.

You are able to show that corporations are not tribes, and the land they own is not Indian Country, but you haven't verified a thing about your claims that tribal sovereignty does not exist.

Once again, Alaskan native tribes are not, and never have been sovereign.

Untrue nonsense. Please refer to the Constitution of the United States. Then check with the US Supreme Court, the Department of the Interior, and even the State of Alaska. All of which will verify that Alaskas tribes, under US law have always been sovereign and remain so today.

If they don't want to be part of the United States and learn English like every other US citizen, born or naturalized, is required to do,

More nonsense, as has been pointed out to you several times now.

then let them renounce their US citizenship and all the privileges that are associated with citizenship.

You are frothing at the mouth because someone who isn't exactly the same as you excercises the same rights you have. Shame...

The only one spewing nonsense here is you.

As we see... you can't tell what is nonsense, and that is why you continue to say things such as this bit about every citizen being required to speak English. What a hoot.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by Grannysroost

Welcome, and I am still working on reading - is very informative and starts out with just the verbage we take for granted and how it is used wrong...

I don't know if you have these sites, but they are really neat to poke though.

Alaska's Digital Archives : Home

UAA Archives and Special Collections

[akck]

Originally Posted by Fred314X

As everyone knows, the media is full of conflicting reports about all the candidates in a Presidential election campaign. I'd like to know what Alaskans think about this...

There was an editorial in a particular New York City newspaper mentioning that one of the first things Sarah Palin did upon taking office as Governor of Alaska was to start replacing competent administrators with old friends. I should think a policy like this would have some effect on the choices made by voters around the country. How accurate is this portrayal?

If you know anything about state government, when there is a change of administrations, most top positions are asked to resign and the new governor installs his/her people. What do you think will happen when Bush leaves?

[Rance]

I'm hoping there will be a big flush of the political toilet!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Siouxcia

I'm sitting in ER wasting time waiting for some results so don't have the time to go back and review all your posts but right off the top of my head, I believe you made a statement about most people not knowing when the Pledge of Allegiance was implemented. I believe you also said the Palin never supported the Bridge to Nowhere. Gotta go but if you need more. I'm off call Monday morning.

absolutely never made either one of those statements.....I think you need to get your facts straight.

As I said, some people can admit when they are wrong, others can't: how sad....

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

The OP's post while interesting isn't unique. Do a little research and you'll find that most every other governor in the United States will fight the expansion of tribal sovereignty within their own boundaries. It takes the states ability to govern their lands away from them and places it in the hands of another party.

Would you care to post a source for that statement "most every other GOV in the US will fight the expansion of tribal sovereignty? Or is that your opinion based on your own beliefs.

Second, can you define "the expansion of tribal sovereignty"? By "another party" I take it you are referring to the tribal entities themselves? Surely, you are not against the tribes trying to help themselves!

How does it take away a state's ability to govern the land? Oh, you mean casinos? Where the tribes make money off the greed of others? OH MY MY, heaven forbid!!!

As for the OP, I went to school with 80 Alaskan Natives at Haskell Indian Nations University and learned there is great diversity within that great state. Palin's caribou barbie facade is beginning to crack up like the arctic ice shelves.

There is no one Alaska Native culture. Alaska is home to many Native peoples. Alaska’s indigenous people are divided into eleven distinct cultures with 20 different languages.

Alaska Natives make up about 16% of the state’s total population. They live in cities, towns and villages separated by vast distance and unique geographical regions.

Source: Alaska Native Cultures

[stiffnecked]

I'm just playing devils advocate. I'm one of those Todd Palin type natives with a blood quantum of only 1/8. Don't count for much. However, we were brought up in the native culture of Oklahoma. Long story.

I guess to respond to the issue that Alaska Natives are soverign we would have to define that term further. I'll leave that for someone else as I am off to the bank to draw all my money out and bury it in the backyard. Not sure if it will be worth anything when the whole thing collapses but what else you gonna do???