Welcome to my new blog! This is my reflective journal for my ANP 433 class (Contemporary American Indian Community)! What is better way for me to harness my creativity than blogging!?
But this blog is not just about an introduction! I've been exploring the news websites posted in the class and came across a very interesting article about salmon.
What bout it? (Some of you may ask)
Apparently the governor of Washington wants a "1.5$ million transfer from the Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect salmon production at several hatcheries". So what? What is that piece of information got to do with the Indian Americans?
Millions actually.
The Indian American tribes in Washington produce more 30 million salmon at their hatcheries a year. And this will be drastically cut down if this transfer does not happen causing even more economic instability in the Indian American community (if you don't know already.. the economy in those reservations is way behind average US city economies). This salmon isn't just beneficial to the Indian Americans, everyone harvest the benefits! Both Indian Americans and non Indian Americans use the fish and those specific hatcheries effect all fisheries nationwide! Cut the budgets, lose some fish, destabilize an economy furthermore, and effecting fisheries everywhere else... yeah, that doesn't sound good!
And I can't say it any better than the article about how it would affect the community more than just economically:
But this blog is not just about an introduction! I've been exploring the news websites posted in the class and came across a very interesting article about salmon.
What bout it? (Some of you may ask)
Apparently the governor of Washington wants a "1.5$ million transfer from the Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect salmon production at several hatcheries". So what? What is that piece of information got to do with the Indian Americans?
Millions actually.
The Indian American tribes in Washington produce more 30 million salmon at their hatcheries a year. And this will be drastically cut down if this transfer does not happen causing even more economic instability in the Indian American community (if you don't know already.. the economy in those reservations is way behind average US city economies). This salmon isn't just beneficial to the Indian Americans, everyone harvest the benefits! Both Indian Americans and non Indian Americans use the fish and those specific hatcheries effect all fisheries nationwide! Cut the budgets, lose some fish, destabilize an economy furthermore, and effecting fisheries everywhere else... yeah, that doesn't sound good!
And I can't say it any better than the article about how it would affect the community more than just economically:
This is not just an economic issue, this is a government treaty issue too! As citizens of the United States, the government needs to uphold and respect these treaties with the Indian American community! It's all about the basic rights and the Indian American community deserve theirs to be put to practice.
That's all I got for tonight, I'm pretty tired.
Night everyone!
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