blog numero dos: overcoming difficulties

Running water vs. rainwater, steak vs. bear meat. These are only some of the differences found in the small town of Akiachak, Alaska with a population of a mere 700 people. In this small town, the language of Yup'ik is spoken which a very unpopular language in the world. For a few years, the chiefs of the town have had a lawsuit to make voting ballots in the language of Yup'ik so the citizens of this town can vote. Being in Alaska, prices for things are already high enough, but in this town prices are almost twice that they are in Anchorage. Since prices are so high many people that live their are forced to move to Anchorage and leave their ancestral town. I think it's pretty sad that this little town lives off the bare minerals of life yet they still are forced to give up things or even move. This town shows how people don't need much to survive as long as they are happy with the little they have and are surrounded by the people they love. 

Berry, Dan "Remote and Struggling, but Still a Bit of America." New York Times. 5 October 2008. 4 February 2009 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06land.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1