Alaska Insight
ReVision Alaska - A Series Retelling Alaska's Stories
Season 6 Episode 5 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Lori speaks with documentary subjects and producers of KTOO’s new series, ReVision Alaska.
National headlines often approach Alaska through the language of loss and crisis, painting residents of passive victims of systemic racism, climate change, or historical trauma. A new series from KTOO, ReVision Alaska, approaches the challenges facing Alaska through the eyes of those working on solutions. Lori Townsend speaks with documentary subjects and producers to discuss the new series.
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Alaska Insight
ReVision Alaska - A Series Retelling Alaska's Stories
Season 6 Episode 5 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
National headlines often approach Alaska through the language of loss and crisis, painting residents of passive victims of systemic racism, climate change, or historical trauma. A new series from KTOO, ReVision Alaska, approaches the challenges facing Alaska through the eyes of those working on solutions. Lori Townsend speaks with documentary subjects and producers to discuss the new series.
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Thank</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> A new television series from</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Kto seeks to highlight a wide</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> range of Alaska stories from</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> culture and language to health</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> history.
and climate change.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> 14 doing 57 miles an hour</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> across Egin Drive.
Carey in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the hotel.
That's a three</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> hundred year revision.
Alaska</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> will feature Alaska filmmakers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> from across the state.
How</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> will they clarify?
And at</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> times correct the historical</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> record.
We'll discuss it right</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> now on Alaska.
Insight</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> good evening.
Tonight, we'll</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> talk with Alaskans featured in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the new Revision Alaska series</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> We'll also meet some of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> producers and videographers to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> talk about what this new show</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> aims to accomplish.
But before</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we begin that conversation,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we'll start off with some of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this week's top stories from</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaska Public Media's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Collaboratives Statewide News</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Network.
to foreign nationals</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> coming from Russia were</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> detained on Alaska's St..</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Lawrence Island earlier this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> week before being taken to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Anchorage.
The two Unidan to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> find men arrived by boat on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Tuesday in Gambell, a Siberian</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Yup'ik community of around six</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> hundred people on the Western</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> edge of St.. Lawrence Island</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in the Bering Sea.
Gamble is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> about 200 miles southwest of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> film and just a few dozen</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> miles from the coast of Russia</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the U.S. Coast Guard said the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> two men were transferred to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Anchorage.
The Department of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Homeland Security and the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Office of Customs and Border</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Protection in Alaska are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> taking the lead on this case.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this summer.
Seventy nine</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> million sockeye salmon return</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to Bristol Bay, the largest</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> run on record.
But over the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> past half century, there has</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> been a dramatic shift in who</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> fishes commercial commercially</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in Bristol Bay.
Local permit</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ownership has declined sharply</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaskans voted in nineteen</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> seventy two to implement a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> limited entry system.
It</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> restricts the number of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> commercial fishing permits</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> around the state, including</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Bristol Bay.
But since limited</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> entry began, local permit</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ownership in Bristol Bay has</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> declined by 50 percent.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Resident now own around one</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> fifth of the drift permits.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> The Anchorage School District</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is considering closing schools</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to help fill a giant budget</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> deficit next year.
School</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> closures are just one option</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> on the table and faces a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> budget gap of at least sixty</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> eight million dollars.
One of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the big reasons is the decline</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in student enrollment over the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> last ten years.
Enrollment has</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> dropped by 5000 students.
Now</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there are eighteen schools in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the district operating at less</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> than sixty five percent</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> capacity.
Beyond enrollment,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the district will look at the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> condition of school buildings,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> money spent on recent repairs</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and how combining or closing</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> certain schools could impact</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> district bus routes.
You can</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> find the full versions of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> these stories and many more on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> our website.
Alaska Public</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Doug, or by downloading the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaska Public Media app on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> your phone.
Now onto our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> conversation for this evening.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Katie O's new series titled</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Revision Alaska wants to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> empower Alaskans to document</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and sometimes rewrite the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories of their communities</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> as the station notes on their</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> website, national headlines</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> often approach Alaska through</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the lens of loss and crisis.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> painting residents as passive</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> victims of systemic racism.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> climate change or historical</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> trauma.
Revision in Alaska</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> approaches the challenges</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> facing Alaska through the eyes</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of those working on solutions,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> offering visions of social</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> equity, cultural resurgence,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ECan transition and hope.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> We'll start off with a few</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> minutes of the first episode</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of Season one.
For centuries,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> indigenous artifacts have been</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stolen and put on display in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> distant museums around the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> world, including a sacred</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> textiles of southeast</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> indigenous peoples known as</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Chilcott Robe's.
The episode,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> titled Weaving Our Identity,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> showcases a collaboration of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> indigenous weavers, chemists</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and Alaska State Museum</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> curators who are researching</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> historic and new yarn dying</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> techniques.
Quito's sparks</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> produce a story.
Let's watch.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Weaving kept link.
It is like</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> merging in this universal</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> consciousness.
Spiritual area</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of being human.
We talk about</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the chill cat dancing blanket</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> as a veil between worlds like</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the closest we can get to the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> spirit realm without crossing</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> over.
It's a practice in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> meditation and also surrender</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> because you can come to the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> work thinking, I'm going to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> make a particular shape.
I a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> finace this particular ovoid</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and if I'm pushing my will on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the work, I'm going to screw</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it up.
But if I can take my</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ego and my will out of it, and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> surrender to what this being</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> wants to become kind like</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> shaping a human, the work</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> seems to come to life</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> effortlessly.
It's going to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> come to this during those</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> hours at any given point since</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the early nineteen hundreds,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there have been fewer than</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> twelve chill cat dancing</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> blanket makers in the north</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> west coast.
A single blanket</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> takes six to eight weeks of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> preparation even before</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> training the first steps,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> putting in the first woven row</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Having someone make your loom</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for you or harvesting cedar</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> bark, prepping the wool,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> whether it's mountain goat or</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Merino, spinning the cedar and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> wool together, washing it,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> measuring it, hanging it on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the loomba just to be able to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> start weaving.
I've been part</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of this Kalkat di working</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> group for a couple of years</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> now, meeting once a month,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> getting together as kind of a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> brain trust, all of us</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> throwing ideas like what were</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the blues, what were the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> yellows.
So but look, this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with baking soda and that ones</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with no baking soda.
So a lot</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> art and science are things</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that are sometimes kept</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> separate and our academic</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> structure in your American</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> learning methods.
But they</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> don't tend to be separated in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this way.
and a lot of other</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> cultures.
And so conservation</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> as a profession is one of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> those rare places that art and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> science are brought together.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> And in this particular</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> approach, the chemistry and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the science of what the dyes</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> are made of, brought together</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with why these days are used</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in these colors and these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> plants by the knowledge and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> expertise of the weavers.
Is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this exciting?
Overlie up of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> these different kinds of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> expertise?
George Emin's and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ethnographies are in the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> nineteen hundred wrote about</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the different dyes that we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> thought were used in our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> blankets.
So over the last</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> couple of years we've done all</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this research on is it true</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> how these colours came about</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with the goal of building a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> database to die these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> different colours less like</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> more purply than slight silver</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> like.
Mm, is our hypothesized</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> method of getting a blue</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> liquid.
We've been using this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a long time.
From what Wevers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> tell us, one of the ways that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is still used is to take a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> copper pipe and put it in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ammonia and you at its soak</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> you get this kind boring</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stelae, greyish colour.
This</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is not a colour that I would</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> leave with, but if you dip</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that in vinegar, so you're</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> changing, you get kind of this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> nice minty green.
Oh my</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> goodness.
Stirring it around</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in the vinegar.
This is a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> color that we want to weave</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with.
Interestingly, there's a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> robe that's on exhibit right</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> now that has that minty sea</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> foam green in the fringe.
We</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> used our X-ray fluorescence</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> spectrometer to try to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> identify that we hoped this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> was the colour, that it was</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this copper color.
Right.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it doesn't have any copper in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it.
So there are some other</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> way.
They were getting this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> minty green.
Besides copper</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> indigenous peoples, no matter</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> where you go in the world,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> have always been adapting,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> right?
If climate change is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> coming, we move our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> communities inland.
If we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> don't have access to these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> particular materials anymore</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and it's easier to get it from</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the army guys who have come</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the coast.
We might adapt to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> joint.
Joining me for the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> first part of tonight's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> discussion is Ellen Harleigh.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ellen is the Alaska State</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Museum curator and is featured</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in the video Weaving Our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Identity about Chilcott,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Wevers and Ella Cheney is a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Hida Weaver.
Ella is not</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> featured in this video, but is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> active in the Weavers group</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and an expert that can help</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> explain all that goes into</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this masterful work.
Welcome,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> both of you.
Thanks so much</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for being with us.
this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> evening.
And later in the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> program, we'll be joined by</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> original NASCAR executive</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> producer page Bark's and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> producer and videographer</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Javier Camacho to describe</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> other upcoming episodes of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> new program.
So Della, I want</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to start with you.
Tell us</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> about the group of Wevers who</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> are working on on these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> projects and especially as it</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> relates to learning how to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> replicate the colors of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> past and why.
That's why</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that's important to to try to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> find the origins of those</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> colors rather than, you know,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> some people may say, well,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there's plenty of different</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> colors available commercially.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Why not just use those</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> What would you say?
Pascals</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Mike slinked name is Cotnoir.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> And you ask the very important</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> question and I was not one of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the weavers who was</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> experimenting</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> at the colors.
I was there and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> listening to what they were</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> coming up with and how things</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> were being</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> experimented with.
But and I</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> saw the colors that they came</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> out with.
But I'm a more of a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ravens team leader and so</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we're that I do is a little</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> bit different than Chilcott.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Maybe.
And I'm also a culture</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> bearer.
So I have different</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> types of informal to share.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Rekha guarding our way of life</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Our way of life is what we're</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> talking about.
It's not a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> craft.
It's not an art.
You</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> could call that today.
Art or</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> craft.
But in our way of life,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it's something that we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> practice really hit a little</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> bit on the meditation part.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> But listening and working with</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> our community to community is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> not separate our environment</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> from community.
We're all in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> here working together to live</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to live with the things that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we do by that I mean the trees</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> give us oxygen.
The ocean</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> gives us oxygen.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> We give them CO2.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> The plants give us oxygen.
so</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it's more than just a matter</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of coming into our community</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in order to harvest and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> process materials.
It's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> learning the ways of caring</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for all of the things around</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> us that we use to live with.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Hmm.
That</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is that we use and the berries</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> at weepie, the foods that we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> harvest, whether it's seal</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> deer, fish, all of these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> things are working together to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> live and our way of life is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> such a way that brings us</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> away to celebrate each other,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> whether it's celebrating</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a memorial, a raising of a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> totem pole, sharing, that type</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> celebration with our way of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> life is important.
By that, I</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> mean</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> time before us when they had</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the big parties for totem</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> raising and memorial parties,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the items we're talking about</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> now were gifts made for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> specific people</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and were part</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of the community.
It was part</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of our economical way of life.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Hmm.
In taking care of each</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> other.
Well, thank you for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> getting us started in that way</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> I want turned to Ellen for a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> moment here and find out a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> little bit about how you got</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> involved in this project and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> what you see as the museum's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> role in educating the public</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> about these designs and their</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> importance.
Yeah, So museums</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> are getting better at</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> realizing that the things that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> are in museums that we are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> taking care of objects are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> important because objects are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> important to people and to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> communities that are alive</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> today.
we had think culture on</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> staff a while ago, Diana</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Wallace, and when she saw the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> conservation lab at the Alaska</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> state where her work, she said</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> wouldn't it be amazing to have</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a collaboration where Beavers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> came together with scientists</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to learn about how how the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> dyes were made and options for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> colors and working together</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and having this group project.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> And that's sort of how the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> project was born a couple of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> years ago.
It was so</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> interesting to see that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> attempt at recreating this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> mint green and that sort of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> science process of using</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> copper and ammonia to create</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> blue and then vinegar to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> create the green.
How did you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> find out about those processes</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and then ultimately it wasn't</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the way it was.
The green was</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> created.
So were you ever,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ever able to sort of unpack</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that history?
Yeah.
So I first</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> heard about the way the green</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> was made from Dhaka, Jackson</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and Ketchikan's.
And then I</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> subsequently heard about it</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> from a couple of other weavers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and visual</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> They look really similar.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it seemed like that would be</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> an obvious choice for that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> color.
But the chemists were</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> pretty clear that that's not</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> what the analytical devices</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> were showing.
So it was this</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> curiosity about what the dye</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stuff really was with pandemic</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ah, chemist collaborators down</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> at Portland State University</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> weren't able to get into their</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> labs for some time.
The</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> analysis part was delayed, but</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it kind of shows how these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> different kinds of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> participants in a collaborator</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> can forward</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to the discoveries in the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> conversation about how these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> colors were made.
All right,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Andela, turning back to you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for a moment here before we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Tranz edition to page in and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> heavier talk, you said that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> your style is different.
It's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> ravens' tail.
Talk about the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> deeper meaning and how it's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> connected to family lines.
and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that signifies</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it's wonderful.
Are we of life</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Is for our community because</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we have to be mindful of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> presence of all of these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> different shapes and forms</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that are around us.
And where</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> did our ancestors come</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> out with those beautiful</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> patterns that are on Chilcott</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and on revenge?
But just to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> give you a little bit about</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> which one is the oldest form</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of weaving?
It's the cedar</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> baskets, the spruce with</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> baskets and then Ravens tail</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and cat is the younger.
It's a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> few thousand years, but the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Shoket, we are the Ravens tail</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> weaving is thousands of years.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> So there's a great big</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> difference of time lapse there</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> A lot of history and we'll</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> learn more about it as we do</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> experience a different ways of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> creating patterns that do not</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> use circles.
And you'll notice</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> on baskets they majority of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> them do not have circles</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> because it's a flat surface us</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and you have to learn how to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> do circles on the Chilcot roll</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> And that's the difference</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> between the Ravens tail rope</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and the Chilcot probe.
on the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ravens tomorrow.
you will not</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> find circles.
You will find</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> squares, rectangles, triangles</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and those other forms</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Geometric pattern except</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> circle and he's older than</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> bottlecap.
There's time lapse</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> again, but a time lapse that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is so wonderful, so beautiful</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in our way of life because</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> things that we weave and the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> things that we look at to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> learn how to leave are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> thousands of years old and the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> things that we are weaving</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> will live longer than we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> absolutely believe.
For</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> thousands of years, we've</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> taken care of properly.
All</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> right.
thank you.
Difference</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> mean one of the different</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> between Ravenstahl and Choko.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Well, thank you so much.
I</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> wish we had a lot more time</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> because there's so much to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> discuss here.
So appreciate</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> your time.
Both Della and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ellen, thank you so much for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> joining us.
weaving our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Identity was released</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> at the end of September.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this week the second episode</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> aired.
It featured Cheyenne</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Language Learners.
The</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> multipart series also includes</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> episodes on addiction recovery</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and the experiences of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> families and therapists.
A</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> profile of a Yup'ik language</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> teacher in Bethel who retired</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> after 50 years, and an</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> examination of Juneau's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> avalanche history.
Joining me</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> now to discuss this work is</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Paige Sparks, executive</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> producer for Reprovision</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaska, as well as director</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> three of the films and Javier</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Camacho, a producer on the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> series.
And Javier also shot</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> video for the Weavers episode.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Welcome, both of you.
Thanks</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for being on.
It's kind of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> cool to have you both there</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> together.
So page the KTUL</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> revision Alaska Web page says</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in part that each season of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> revision Alaska amplifies a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> rising tide of diverse voices</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> who are reraise the narratives</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> about their communities.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> What's meant here with</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> rewriting?
Does this mean</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> correcting certain historical</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> records or telling a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> well-known story through a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> different cultural perspective</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> You know, I think I think it's</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a little bit of both.
I think</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that there's been a lot in the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> filmmaking industry and in the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> filmmaking world.
There's been</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a lot of stories created</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> through a colonial lens,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories that have really</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> shaped history and society</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> through specific or specific</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> perception of how</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> whoever is telling that story</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> sees so there's a lot of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories that just haven't been</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> shared in a wider public space</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> right.
And we want to make</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> sure that we are no longer</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> contributing to that.
We our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> goal here is to kind of wipe</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> away any of that colonial lens</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that has shaped some of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> histories and some of the, you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> know, some of the facts that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> people think exist in Alaska.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the lower forty eight.
But who</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> don't live up here and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> actually understand and fully</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> have a connection with the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> landscape or the communities</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> here</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> What are those stories and how</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> do we tell those stories and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> amplify those into a sense</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that no longer gives the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> typical view of me.
I come to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the nature and conquer and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> leave.
All right.
Thanks for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that.
heavier talk about your</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> role in the Weavers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> documentary, especially, and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> how the story develops through</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> the episode.
We saw a short</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> clip of it.
Hopefully, folks</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> after this program will go and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> see the full episode on your</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> website.
Did you approach it</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with a certain idea in mind</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and did that remain or did the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> story sort of move in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> direction of its own</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> on that page?
Chimed in a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> little bit, too, because she</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> was kind of in more of a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> leading role with this with</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> this project</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> You I was there to help film.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> I mean, I think all of our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> projects really grow and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> develop</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> from kind of the onset we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> really try to make sure that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we are not coming with kind of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> preconceived notions, allowing</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> those in the film to lead.
I</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> mean, that's something that we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> really want this show to be</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> able to do in general.
to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> uplift the wisdom that has</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> always existed on these lands.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and to really take guidance</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> from those in our films.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> so I think all all of these</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> projects, not just the Weavers</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> really are in a process of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> being not only in our being in</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> relationship with those just</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to kind of weave together some</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of the words that Della and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ellen shared, because all of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> these films have also kind of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> just helped our our our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> shaping of this series.
Like</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Ellen said from a museum</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> perspective, objects aren't</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> just objects.
I think our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> story is also to realize that</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories aren't just stories.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Stories are these essential</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> pieces of detail that make up</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> our world view and our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> perception of what the world</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> is and what it can be.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> like I was saying with DYS,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> it's not just about how colors</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> how you're buying this or what</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> material they're more than</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> just materials and raw</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> materials.
These are all kind</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of contain a web relationship,</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a way of understanding your</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> place in the land, your place</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> in history, your place, your</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> your relationship to the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> future, to those around you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and I think that's something</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> that, you know, not only</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> exists in this piece, but</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> throughout the rest of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> films.
And I don't know if</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Page you wanted to chime in at</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> all about maybe from a</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> directorial perspective, how?</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Well, and I'd love to have you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> follow up there, page, but</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> also talk a little about who</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> you're working with.
Is it</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> filmmakers sort of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> concentrated in Southeast?
Are</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there folks across the state</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> or are you primarily working</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> with people who have fantastic</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories and need someone to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> help with that lens to tell</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> through?
Yes.
To all of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> above with our pilot series.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Right.
So this was our chance</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to if you build it, they will</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> come hopefully if if we can</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> show what our vision is, if we</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> can show our audiences, our</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> community is what we're trying</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to do and get them aware of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> our of our efforts, then</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> hopefully we can continue</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> beyond Southeast this season.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Very much so.
Does have strong</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> roots in southeast because me</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> and heavier were the ones</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> pushing that along.
But as you</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> mentioned, QTIP Asal and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Keyway UK, they are also</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> featured in this series and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> we're very, very excited for</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> hopefully next season, season</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> two, to expand our efforts to</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> make sure that we are going</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> above and beyond Southeast and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> on the entire state of Alaska.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> So we're very aware of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> amount of stories that are out</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there and the amount of</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> there and the amount ofdividuals who areo</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> on the entire state of Alaska.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> So we're very aware of the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> weAlaska can be</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> a vessel in which the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> platforms that audiences can</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> enjoy them.
Well, I so</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> appreciate your time.
I can't</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> believe we're out of time.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> This one by way too fast.
And</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> I look forward to seeing</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> future episodes.
Thank you so</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> much.
for the work that you're</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> doing to bring these stories</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> both to Alaskans and to the</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> rest of the country.
the world</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> So thank you so much.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Documentary work can help us</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> better understand each other.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Our diverse communities, and</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> can sometimes help solve</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> problems or correct the record</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> of past mistakes.
Revision</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Laska endeavors to have</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaskan's tell their own</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> stories for abortion, accurate</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> portrayal of life here rather</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> than filmmakers from outside</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> who are often only attracted</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> to stories that sensationalize</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Alaska and Alaskans.
That's it</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> for this edition.
of Alaska</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> Insight.
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Thanks for joining us.</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF> I'm Lori Townsend.
Good night</font></b>

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