Posted on Sep 5, 2022
Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native heading to Congress, journeys home to the river
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Democrat Mary Peltola could not wait to get out on the Kuskokwim, the river she grew up on, south of the Yukon and upriver from the Bering Sea.
She's pulled gillnets full of salmon from this river every summer since she was a child. Subsistence fishing and hunting is a way of life here, even for people with office jobs.
This summer, though, Peltola had been away, campaigning for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House. She finally flew home to Bethel in late August and was itching to get on the water.
But a storm was moving through. That was a problem because the main goal of this trip was to capture footage of her on the river, for campaign ads.
Democrat Mary Peltola could not wait to get out on the Kuskokwim, the river she grew up on, south of the Yukon and upriver from the Bering Sea.
She's pulled gillnets full of salmon from this river every summer since she was a child. Subsistence fishing and hunting is a way of life here, even for people with office jobs.
This summer, though, Peltola had been away, campaigning for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House. She finally flew home to Bethel in late August and was itching to get on the water.
But a storm was moving through. That was a problem because the main goal of this trip was to capture footage of her on the river, for campaign ads.
Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native heading to Congress, journeys home to the river
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good morning Brother William, solid read/share good buddy. Have a blessed day.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."She developed a reputation in office and on the campaign trail for being kind, reported local TV station KTOO.
"The region where I'm from, there is a big premium on being respectful, on not using inflammatory language or harsh tones, not speaking to things that you haven't seen with your own eyes or heard with your own ears, you know, hearsay, not gossiping," she told the station. "I think that those are really good principles to live by."...
..."She developed a reputation in office and on the campaign trail for being kind, reported local TV station KTOO.
"The region where I'm from, there is a big premium on being respectful, on not using inflammatory language or harsh tones, not speaking to things that you haven't seen with your own eyes or heard with your own ears, you know, hearsay, not gossiping," she told the station. "I think that those are really good principles to live by."...
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