tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post5437997187838890394..comments2023-05-02T05:52:18.751-08:00Comments on Stop and Smell the Lichen: The Guardians......Nuna Inuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223337844864431367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-14243364510181451312010-12-28T19:10:49.007-09:002010-12-28T19:10:49.007-09:00I totally understand your “Guardians” posting. Bu...I totally understand your “Guardians” posting. But I find it to be one of a little hypocrisy. Some people were and are still uneasy or jealous around those who leave the village, but my personal experience with you was this: you were “stuck up” yourself! Even when you were in a city (say Anchorage or Fairbanks), you presented yourself as “stuck up” or even better than others (i.e., others: those who used to know you). Hey, by the way, didn’t you become an Art Teacher? Why I remember when you were asked by someone who knew you, Rainey, since you were a very gifted artist; you were asked of your opinion about their own child’s hand-drawn picture of an Alaskan animal. And your answer, with a “stuck up” attitude and smug voice: “Did you trace it?” Obviously, “No,” was the answer, which was true. As if you are the only gifted artist of Point Hope! Ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-74462188141532191822010-12-26T15:44:00.525-09:002010-12-26T15:44:00.525-09:00I enjoy your blog and your thoughts. Sending warm ...I enjoy your blog and your thoughts. Sending warm Christmas wishes to you.vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620241417144358039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-89559997739693619082010-12-26T03:27:14.081-09:002010-12-26T03:27:14.081-09:00When my grammy was young she was sent Outside to a...When my grammy was young she was sent Outside to a reservation school. The education she received was well beyond that of young women of her time but the broken ties to home hurt her for the rest of her life.<br />When my mother went Outside for college her very own sisters said she was "getting above herself " and putting on airs. Over the years ma changed that perception to one of acceptance for the foot-in-both-worlds place she occupied but suffered from a unique lonliness grown from feeling of-both-but-neither.<br />I grew to understand my aunties were afraid of losing the firm ground they thought they stood on in the face of mother's differences<br />And they grew to understand the ground was shifting and ma was part of a solution to keep the best of the past and be ready for the future...<br />Life is hard work and unnecessary suffering is unacceptable. I join you in asking that people honor the courage and work and sacrifice of those who are working to build a future which will of necessity look a bit different than now does ... but with open eyes and much care will preserve the best of what has come before..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com