A RCTIC CIRCULA NO. I Notes on a trip in l6-foot ... - The Arctic Circle

VOL. XV No. I THE A<strong>RCTIC</strong> <strong>CIRCULA</strong>R
better rnarketing of native arts and crafts, and the need for some
form of newspaper are among the matters aired.
A second Inupiat Paitot conference was held at Kotzebue on
18 to Z0 October L962.
The rrTundra Timesf f
The first issue of the Tundra Times
Fairbanks on Monday, l Octotffi
eight-page newspaper, and is to appear twlce
editor is Howard Rockr &D Eskimo from Port
was published in
a well -produc ed ,
monthly, The
Hope.
The Tundra Times describes iteelf as rfThe Eslcirno-
Indianart-ara@er|l.Aneditoria1exp1ainethatthere
hae long been a need for a newspaper for the northern natlvee of
Alaska. Civilization hae left the Eskimos, Indiane, and Aleuts
bewitdered and insecure between assimilation and, p&rticularly
arnong the Eskimoe, the deeire to retain some of their culture.
The suggestion of a newspaper was rnade at the firet meeting of
the Eskirno rrlnupiat Paitottt Conf erenc e in November l96I . The
editorial goes on to eay that the Tundra Times wilt be the rnedium
to air the views of the Inupiat paitot ""ga"i"ation ancl of Dena Nina
Henash, a parallel organization of Athabaskan Indians of the interior
of Alaska organized at Tanana laet June, It will aleo provide newa
on matters of interest to all native peoples of Alaska. The Tundra
Times will not support any political party, and intends to b"inclep*"dent
and to be non-partiean in giving the viewg of individual
political candidates, If it favours any candidate editorially it witl
be because of hia position on ieBuea affecting the native peoplee
rather than b ecaus e of hie politicat pa rty.
As well as the editorial, the firet issue includes a report
on the visit to Alaska of the Secretary of the Interior, a notice on
the Second Inupiat Paitot Conference, to be held at Kotzebue on
October 18 to 20, an appreciation of Miss LaVerne Madigan,
Executive Director of the Association on American Indian Affairs,
who died recently, a translation of two Eskimo songs, an account
of the use of tape-recorders by Eekimos, and many other wellwritten
articles. To Canadian readers a note by Guy Okakok on
hie meetings with Angulalik at Herschel Island and Carnbridge Bay
in the late twenties will be of particular interest.
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