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then I saw her "face" was a popular song, by a R&R group - the Monkies. When I saw Elizabeth, in the village, she took my breath away.
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Red fox, any fox, is only used on womens parky's. there are many different types of foxes in the Arctic. there are the four legged type and the two legged female type, but seriously, white fox, red fox, blue fox, cross fox, silver fox & grey fox . I am more of an expert on the two legged type. All of the four leg type, have rabies. stay away, don't go near them. and never feed them. In prudhoe bay , it is an instant "fire" if you are caught feeding any animals anyplace, no questions asked, your history.- no rehire ever.
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I don't fool around, I know it is wrong. I was determined to try and make this marriage work, but alas, Clara had been pregnant six times, from her different "boyfriends". She walked around the village bragging about it to her sister(s).
but in each and every instance, .. .. I was blessed, because she had a miscarriage. all six. whew.!! (what are odds for that  ) These four are indeed mine. It shows all over their faces.
After 8 years with clara, it was time to call it quits for the kids sake. her Alcohol abuse was too much for me to put up with. I have never been drunk in my life.
I had seen too much growing up.
I do not want to look like that,
I do not want to smell like that,
I do not want to sound like that,
I do not want to puke like that.
and I certainly do not want to walk
or ever "drive" like that ever !
yeah we get "drunk" drivers occasionally in the village. Everyone goes about their business and that is none of their business. that is the mindset. The two police ossifers, (no I didn't spell it wrong, that's what I call them Yes Ossifer.). That made up word of mine, always gets a wierd look in response to it.!!
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In any family, I have seen it every place and in every village. The children tell the parents what to do, and the parents obey! No child ever goes to sleep, until the parents go to sleep, you cannot tell a child to go to sleep, they will crash when they crash. There is virtually no discipline.. and the proverb is true and it shows all over the place. ".. .. .. .. "A child left to himself shall come to utter ruin."
I can easily name well over 150 names, of children in jail at a very early age, It is very sad to see such children come to such ruin at such a young age.
The sex offender page on the internet is "packed" with people I have to work with and interact with on a daily basis and that is / was extremly difficult for me. In boston we don' t keep our mouth shut !! but up here I have to;. but something has to change. I love this place, I love these people, I just do not like some of the things that are happening. These same issues are prevalant in any society. Up here,.. .. everyone knows, everything about everybody. This community still functions as one, and that is amazing. beyond anything you would ever expect.
People get along no matter who they are or what they have done. No one holds a grudge.
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That is Willies wife on the back of the honda.
she sure doesn't look 50 does she ? !! The driver is 55.
Willy Nashookpuk .. my across the street neighbor. Look it up. a lot of the names I have used here.. are listed.! ol willie was my forman. .ha ha ha ha.. carpenter forman.. I got fired.!! .. .. "you are the worst electricain I have ever worked with". Those were willys words to me.. after screaming at me for connecting a water heater the wrong way. furp. ! there's only two wires plus ground, it is impossible to conneect it wrong.!! Ol willie wanted me to put a "switch" on it.. furp.. willie has burnt out 3 water heaters in the village utilizing this "trick" of his !!
Willie Nashookpuk.. 3 time convicted sex offender.. He got arrested and taken out of the village two years ago.. for the THIRD TIME.. .. .. he only got 4 years ! (that's what they say.).
Most of the residents of all of the villages, & beyond prefer, to smoke.
The economy of these villages, is based on the cost of a "gram" of pot.
$40 bux a "gram" ! In other words, if someone (20 familes) bring a pound into the village. It is gone in a matter of a two days or sooner.. That person just made $16,000 !
2 toothpick type joints = a gram. This is where ALL the money in the villages goes. to pot. This is why these children need major help. The parents spend all of their money (if they have some) on pot. The children do not get what they need / or want. and they are sick and tired of seeing this go on year after year, after year. and they don't get anything, there is not enough food in the house, and if that family doesn't have the money, then they will sell what ever to obtain whatever little they can get.
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The Police actually want pot to be in the village, it keeps everyone happy and mellow & calm. but when there is alcohol. well that means major trouble. and people get hurt and die on a regular basis.
They will arrest anyone they catch attempting to bring it into the village.
alcohol or pot, hard drugs are not a problem in the villages with the exception of Barrow, I have never seen any sign of this. but Meth is a major problem they say in this village. I have never seen any sign or heard of it. and I don't want to.
Three year old children in this village.. .. are allowed to "smoke" !! I have seen it in too many households. time and time again, I am stunned. shocked and dismayed at the lack of any type of discipline here in any of these villages.
The first boyer I met was Howard Stone Jr. he came into the tent. wanting my lghter and someone to fill his pipe.!!! I used to have images of this three year old, with a buzz and acting perfectly normal!! doing his job ! I was speechless and shocked.!!
I am no saint.. I don't pretend to be. In `90 after the divorce was final, I was not allowed to work any longer,
Even though the village despertly needed an electrician, nope. we will go with out one, and Luke & Angie Koonuk (elders) went 7 months with no electricity. and I was told, stay away, no you can't fix it. The person in charge with this respnsiblity was later relieved of all his duties two years after the fact.
The police came up to me and said. what are you ever going to do to support those four boys now ?? I smiled and said.. well I guess I will have to just go with the flow and sell pot.!! The stern look on their faces and they harsh words they belted out said it all. DON'T TRY IT DAVE. we will arrest you.
I laughed and said.. ha ! you can't arrest me because you don't know how to think, you think like a cop. (they posess absolutely no imagination). I have proved this numerous times*.
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I told them flat out. I will never ever lie to you. you asked me what I am going to do and I answered you.!!
I hoped on a plane to Kotzebue. to see a friend, and purchased some stash to sell.
In Kotzebue they don't sell grams. they sell what you call 1/8th for 100 bucks.
I purchased 5.- $500 bucks. I can easily turn this over into 2,000 in a matter of a few hours. I didn't want to deal dope, too much of a hassle, and people just won't leave your house when they think or know you have something.
I just wanted to get out of this village, things were tottally out of hand and the entire village was against me for going after Elizabeth.!!
I got the living crap beat, kicked, punched out of me by that woman. On 5 different occasions. The David & Elizabeth show was the talk of the village on everyone's lips for much too long.!! Everyone in the village was involved in .. .. "here-say" and it got out of hand and rumors were abounding.
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A 7 dollar bottle of R & R or Vodka in the village sells for $150 bux. It flows like a river and too many children are being destroyed over this crap. How anyone can "sleep" after selling this stuph to people only to see them die or get hurt really bad is beyond my comprehension or understanding. Yet cases and cases get by the police who are attempting in vain to stop the flow of alcohol into these "dry" villages.
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I know of a sweet young girl in the village of Kivalina, (sob).. so sad. she bought a bottle of Ever-clear 150 proof. 150 bux. dead in less than six hours.
Elizabeth Elizabeth !! gosh how I loved the sound of her name, I always said it twice. I was struggling in Augst of 89 to write her a letter, a short letter, brief and to the point, and I hope for the best. but to tell the truth. I am petrified & scared.
I finally got up the nerve after wrestling with the idea for many months and I finaly wrote this letter and mailed it. whew. I am so nervous now. he he he he..
I am scared, really, I told her, "there is only one way for me to know, how you are going to respond to this letter. when I see you, your either gonna walk up to me and slap me right across the face, or your gonna.. .. .. .. smile !
and.. as the days went by, I was afraid to go out, and when I did.. when I least Xpected it.. I saw her, and she smiled !1 whoa !!! I am on cloud 9 zillion.. but it was very short lived. We never got a chance to speak with each other.
She was walking through the village one day, and her closest girl-friends saw her smiling oh so big. so big.. she has the nicest smile of anyone in the village. everyone comments on her lovely smile.. her girl-friends wanted to know why are ou smiling like that ?? she was on cloud nine.. I had heard a few times from other women who were talking to other women.. and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to overhear this statement.. Elizabeth sure wants to settle down and meet someone "nice'. that statement is what gave me the "guts" to go out on a limb and write.. and hope. & pray !
she came crashing down very hard, her two closest girl-friends convinced her,. .. he is just doing this to make clara jealous!
I had expected to hear, I am not interested, I expected to hear, I have a boy-friend, I never expected to hear... .. your lying !! Oh ! No !!!
In the Arctic, houses do not sit on the ground. buildings are set on foundations that leave a few feet under the building for the wind to blow through.
The same is true in all villages, they have learned the hard way, even in Prudhoe Bay. None of the buildings are set on the ground. The wind must be allowed to blow under every building, if not, then huge drifts will mount up and bury that building.
the umiaq's in the village are also stored above the ground. so that children and or animals will not interfere with them. It requires a tremendous amount of work to "skin" an umiaq, six ugruk skins are needed. that's a lot of hunting and getting darn lucky. One of these "monsters" weights well over 1000 pounds, and that's a lot of work
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Preparing the skins for the umiaq is a lot of work and it takes many weeks to get it to the correct "textrue". this is no easy task, lots of daily adjustments to keep it wet and stretched in the correct manner.
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*later
Edited on Mar 04, 2008 at 11:20 PM
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