False narrative dangerously misleading
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May 14, 2021
Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic is neither sovereign or transparent
Indian Country Today recently published an opinion piece submitted on April 28, 2021 by Siqiñiq Maupin, Misrepresentation of Indigenous peoples of Alaska needs to stop. The misrepresentation of the North Slope and its leadership by Siqiñiq Maupin and Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic (SILA) needs to stop.
The Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (The VOICE) is a non-profit coalition of elected community leaders representing the tribal, municipal, Native corporation, education and health organizations in our North Slope region. The people of the North Slope are empowered to choose the leadership they want to represent them within the various service delivery organizations that are members of The VOICE. The leadership composition of The VOICE has a defined and measurable constituency, unlike the foggy, ambiguous (mis)representation put forward
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The Sunday Minefield – May 9, 2021
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! The constitutional session limit is just ten days away, and there is no end in sight. Legislative skits happened this weekend. Great job to all the staff who put them on. Not only were they really funny, it was the first time things felt completely normal. I attended both nights, hence the late column today. The Anchorage mayoral runoff election concludes on Tuesday. The new mayor’s term will begin on July 1.
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