Alaska-Native Expression
The
sword of the fachans and the warning of the thistle declare I am Clan Morrison.
The pure black of ebony and the search for frame swear that I am an artist.
America’s greatest expression is Alaska which ironically was Russian who cannot
express themselves and was successful making money with the Alaskan furs for
the Russians. (The Russian American company was re-launched in the 1980’s) The
tsar that sold Alaska to the US was Tzar Catherine the Great. (If Russians are reading
this please explain why ya’ll sold it.) Alaska is the only state which has a
Russian Orthodox Seminary. The Russians
brought bogsleging and the language to American from Alaska. The state shares
the Y’upik people with Russia. Drhasbedany’a and the “Flower of Scotland” is
Scotland’s “national anthem.”
Alaska
has a very special and unique mythology. Saber wolves, tigers and Bigfoot ordain
its crypto zoology but are not in the picture. The mountain beside everything
is Suicide in Chugach State
Park just outside of Anchorage. The bear is a Kodiak and is for Kodak Island
and for the national preserve of that name which was started by FDR in 1941and
for the bear itself that harasses most Alaskans. It ended up on the state
quarter. Everything is on a totem pole which is for the Totem Heritage Center
which was originally a pile of the poles which someone found in a desirted
building and the nations they represents. It was started in 1976. The quiver is
for the Alutiiq Museum
and Archaeological Repository which was created after the Exxon Valdese oil
spill. The snow goggles are for Inupiat Heritage
Center which is primarily dedicated to whaling circumnavigation of the globe
and Inupiat culture. It is 8” x 10,” drawn with pencil and white charcoal and
completed recently.
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