What does secede mean?
verb (used without object), seceded, seceding. 1. to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc. Origin of secede.
Would the other communities want to create a new State? As North Alaska?
Some of our leaders have talked about this in the past but no action has ever been started
Why should we Secede? Because we as bush communities do not receive the same equal service that urban Alaska gets. Some of our southern villages still use “honey buckets”, they don’t have running water in their homes, we don’t have State government offices within our communities, not even satellite offices.
We have heard from State officials that we don’t even have to sent our criminals to jail because living in the Bush is already punishment enough.
If we were to secede, we will not have to be segregated like we are today. Look at ASAA for our schools. Barrow is considered western region and we are no even western, we are north, they might as well say the native region.
I think it’s time to Secede and become our own State. This needs to come up at AFN or ICC. All our oil money goes to provide for urban Alaska and then some but no services for us. If this leadership doesn’t do it, a new leadership that does not sit idle will do it. Be that generation that does something. We understand some leadership will not do it because they are comfortable and make enough money to not worry about the things a lot of our people worry about. Leadership is about serving others that vote you in. To do it to the best of your ability.