Back to the Hunt, Fish, Share rally: We must take care of the animals and lands that have provided for us

Native film star and Gwich'in Steering Committee member Princess Lucaj, of

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The Hunt, Fish, Share rally - first glimpse

This is how the rally began - with the Ahtna Dancers taking the stage to do a welcome dance. The rally was held in response to what proved to be a pretty tough summer for many Alaska Native fishers and hunters, in part because of low salmon stocks and in part because of law enforcement agencies enforcing their ways on Native people who fish and and hunt to live, not for sport, with little involvement in the process from Natives, who, on the Kuskowim, staged a protest fishery and found themselves arrested and their nets cut.

I have put together the photographic structure for a story, but have had to delay publication. After the rally ended yesterday, I headed for home but stopped at Jacob and Lavina's to see all my grandchildren, including the two I had not seen for over a month, their parents and to say "hi" to my babysitting wife.

When I got there, I discovered Margie was ill, so I brought her home. She felt worse this morning and so I took her to the doctor. It turned out she was in worse shape than I had imagined. I am sure she will be okay in the medium run but in the short run, she needs some looking out for, so I am putting off finishing this until tomorrow.

I had planned to go the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention tomorrow, but the doc says I had better stay home and watch over my wife. So no AFN for me this year. Wife comes first.

I'm glad this didn't happen while I was traveling.