Tag: life
member name: Roberta Moto
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September 30, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
In some communities in Alaska we don't celebrate Columbus Day. We call it Alaska Native Heritage Day. Just because we feel it isn't appropriate for us to celebrate someone who brought death . . .
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September 28, 2007 08:13 PM EDT --
In the high arctic we are used to extreme periods of light and dark. When I was a teen we traveled down to "the States" in the spring time. It was an educational experience for me. It was strange . . .
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November 26, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Walking in the arctic evening
I see the moon as a small disc in an endless sky
The elders have told us shamans would send their spirits to the moon
How could this little thing inspire a race . . .
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September 19, 2007 06:26 PM EDT --
In one of my classes we did a grief line. Starting from our earliest memory we wrote done the major events in our lives that caused us grief. We had to think on how we had handled grief in the past after . . .
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September 18, 2007 08:09 PM EDT --
Someone on a different site just asked me if the ABC show Men in Trees is anything like the real Alaska. Finally understand the name of this group. Let me tell you about ARCS. It stands for the Alaska . . .
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September 21, 2007 06:29 PM EDT --
The Inupiaq culture in mind seems to revolve around ancestor worship. I think this is the basis of our culture despite the fact that we don't go that deep into as the Chinese. One of the elders that . . .
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September 14, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes
an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day
he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” ~ Alden Nowlan . . .
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October 16, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
My daughter spent 6 weeks of the summer of 2006 in Fairbanks, Alaska on campus in a college preperation program for rural high school students. She earned 6 college credits during her adventure at . . .
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September 25, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
The mountains are turning blue and purple
The hills are all brown and red
The surf and tides are protesting the change of season
Soon they will be encapsuled in ice and snow
The tidal flats have changed . . .
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November 04, 2008 09:04 PM EST --
I am lost, empty, feeling down. There has been tension and negativeness around me. I tend to freeze or withdraw when under emotional stress so I am looking for ways to improve my emotional health. I came . . .
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March 05, 2008 07:58 PM EST --
I am going back and forth in my mind about the issues revolving around Universal Health Care. Some people say the government should provide the same amount of health care for all its citizens because . . .
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April 11, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
I had to write a letter of appreciation to someone in my life for the Personal Development class I am taking for my job as a Native Counselor. Here is a copy of the letter I wrote to my husband. It is . . .
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November 05, 2008 09:19 PM EST --
posted on youtube by moonfortyfour
Warren Zevon interview and performing Mutineer on his last appearance on David Letterman. Enjoy
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February 13, 2008 02:08 PM EST --
For one of my college classes I have to take for my job as a counselor we watched a great video. It was a series done in the 1990's by Father Micheal Oleksa. He discusses how things got the way they . . .
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July 31, 2008 02:40 PM EDT --
When I was young my sister brought me to Pennsylvania for Christmas to visit one of my other sisters. We drove down to Washington DC for one or two nights and visited alot of the sights. One place I remember . . .
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September 17, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
I was debating with myself about faith. Faith isn't just thinking everything will turn out for the best with no work on your part. I think that faith is understanding the world isn't perfect but . . .
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February 13, 2008 01:35 PM EST --
For my job as a counselor in a really small Alaskan village I had to take a class on addictions. I learned some interesting things. For people who are physically addicted to alcohol and go through withdrawals; . . .
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April 03, 2008 04:26 PM EDT --
I wanted to write a poem to put in my brother's birthday card I am getting ready for July 31. I don't like this first attempt as it seems too direct. I want to focus on healing and faith. Here . . .
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February 13, 2008 03:03 PM EST --
ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate Attorney sent the following . . .
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March 26, 2008 09:06 PM EDT --
Week 8- Clothing
Clothing of the traditional Inupiaq was mainly made of caribou skins. The ladies were expert seamstresses making a set to fit a person so it is non-binding while not being . . .
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