Haines Youth
Wins Top Office
At Art School
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO (Spe
cial) — Walter Porter, of Haines,
and majoring in performing arts at
the Institute of American Indian
Arts, has been elected by a big
majority of the student body as the
first President of the first Student
Council at the new Institute of
American Indian Arts.
“Walter has already proved him
self a reliable and competent lead
er." reports Dr. George A. Boyce,
Institute Superintendent.
“We are indeed proud of the Alas
kan con'ingent now attending the
Institute.”
“If we can recruit more students
of the calibre of Walter, with spe
cial talent in some branch of the
arts, and with enough determona
tion to develop their talents what
ever the difficulties, then we will
witness a great contribution, soon
er or later, from the first Ameri
cans to other cultures round the
world.”
It is the policy of the Institute
of American Indian Arts to en
courage students to assume maxi
mum responsibility in order to
achieve maximum freedom.
Therefore, the Student Council
will be the legal entity to organize
various student business enterprises
such as job placement, sale of stu
dent art products, operation of a
student canteen and other student
businesses.
Student Council members will
also be engaged in activities relat
ed to standards of art expression,
public relations, finance of busi
ness enterprises, operation of a stu
dent newspaper, and various so
cial and recreational activities.
Walter Porter remarked. “As a
member of the Student Council. I
am proud and honored by the fact
that the first student body of the
Institute of American Indian Arts
has chosen me to fulfill the respon
sibilities of the office of President
of our first and new Student Coun
cil."
—
Whaley Crashed
Over Whale Bone
Near Pt. Hope
By Howard Rock
Times Editor
“We made a good take-off. Then
wham! Something hit the right ski
of the plane and broke it!” recall
ed Frank Whaley, ex-bush flyer,
ex-State representative, ex-State
senator. Air Medal winner, now
Interline Tour Manager for Wien
Alaska Airlines.
Back in 1933, Whaley had gone
to Point Hope to pick up Eebrulik
Rock, who was to take part in the
making cf the movie. "The Eski
mo."
That was when the accident hap
pened. “1 did not see a bleachpd
whale jawbone sticking out of the
ground which blended with the
snow.” said Whaley.
The impact broke the right ski
of the plane. Whaley and his pas
senger flew for about a mile but
the broken ski started to whip
against the fusilage. “I was afraid
it might chop the plane to pieces,”
recalled Whaley.
Whaley looked for a smooth
place, spotted one and proceeded
to land. They touched the snow on
one ski. When the pilot could no
longer keep the ski-less side of the
plane up he allowed it to spin. He
and his passenger spun to an abrupt
stop but were unhurt.
- “I spent 52 days at Point Hope
repairing the plane and waiting for
parts. Planes were few and far
between in those days. I had plen
ty of time to get acquainted with
the folks at Point Hope," Whaley
concluded.
Short, Short Story
The Strange Look
By Ralph Ivanoff
Student, Mt. Edgecumbe
From Unalakleet
The brilliant stars seemed closer
as they shone brightly in the cold
Arctic sky with the beautiful, mul
ti-colored, dancing northern lights
that always marvel tourists.
Even after seeing them every
night the young Eskimo man, Nuh’
pud. still looked at them as if see
ing them for the first time. Their
dancing seemed to cast a magic
spell as if they were unweaving a
story, as an Eskimo dance does,
which no one can seem to interpret.
The stars seemed far away again:
the night was serene; the night
was calm and beautiful.
riainti ,c t all
Nuh’-pud shivered and looked
about the cold black waters from a
large chunk of ice, looking and
hoping. From far off he heard a
faint seal call. Its plaintive sound
placed a gloom over him.
Nuh'-pud thought of his mother.
Uk’-sa-lik, and of his younger bro
ther. Mon-ga-lik, and how he start
ed on his hunting trip so enthusias
tically.
He, a youth, was going to prove
to the men of the little igloo vil
lage tha't he was just as great as
Ub-yuk, his father, who was killed
in the same sea he was on. by a
wounded, enraged walrus. It had
struck their umiak, breaking it. and
they all died a death of which many
Eskimos have died, by drowning
and freezing.
He remembered how he started
across the ice alone to the open
water with the bobsled trailing be
hind him and the spear in his hand.
He didn't know why he carried it.
He usually put it in the sled.
Great Silence
As he traveled on until the vil
age could not be seen, the white
land of ice became quiet and still.
Nuh'-pud remembered how a
twinge of fear went through him
because of this stillness and how
the silence was so heavy he could
not break it, even with his singing.
It was getting dark now and Ub
yuk had told him of the stillness
and the dark and what it meant,
but he could not remember what
it was then.
As he came to the open water the
silence strangely lifted and the stars
came out. with the moon adding to
the brilliance and the reflection
cutting into the dark waters to the
very edge of the ice he was stand
ing on.
The beauty of the night made him
think he was in a faraway land.
It was there he remembered Ub
yuk's words. “It is when the silence
is gone that there is danger,” he
had said. “There is someone in the
spirit land in need of someone.”
The Charge
Nuh’-pud remembered how his
eyes looked when saying these
words. He remembered how his
thoughts were shattered by a loud
roar behind him and he turned to
see a huge polar bear charging to
wards him with great speed.
Nuh’-pud had only time enough
to sidestep the charge and he still
wondered why the bear hadn't fall
en over the edge and into the water,
for he was standing right at the
edge.
The bear was on him again in
an instant. It was then that he saw
the look of his father in the eyes of
the bear. It seemed to warn him of
silence again.
Wound, Deadly <Sea
Nuh’-pud struck at the bear with
blind fear as a claw tore his side
and pain shot through his body
like a knife. The spear had been
driven deep into the heart, but as
he struck he lost balance and top
pled into the freezing water.
The water was exceedingly cold
and the wound stung so severely he
cried out. The freezing water and
the wound made his mind clearer,
but the current was carrying him
out to sea and he didn't know how
to swim.
He went under the black waters
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and came up again. His hand felt
the smooth surface of a chunk of
ice, large enough to hold him. How
he got on it, he did not know.
Hopelessness
The current was too strong to
try and reach the ice bank He
knew he wouldn't make it if he
tried. He sat there wet and the cold
stung him almost immediately af
ter getting out of the water.
The water on him started freez
ing and he noticed his side where
the wound was had lost sensation.
He could see the rib was broken
and he was appalled to see the
blood frozen.
Peaceful End
He knew he was going to die so
he just sat there shivering violently
with his eyes frozen shut. He knew
he was going to die when seeing his
father's eyes on the bear and fear
made him fight back. He began to
cry. (The only time an Eskimo cries
is when life is gone or when it is
just beginning.)
He lost sensation in his arms
and legs and he didn't feel the sting
ing cold anymore. He even began
to feel a warm glow in his chest.
He felt sleepy and strangely com
fortable.
He began drifting into the most
Letters to Editor
Division of Indian Health
PHS Alaska Native Hospital
Tanana, Alaska
March 6. 1963
Dear Sir:
Thank you for your thoughtfulness
in sending the Tundra Times to t'ua
I patients at the hospital.
Your paper is extremely inter
' esting and I wish to commend you
| for publicizing such an effective
| medium in bringing to light the
1 affairs of the Alaska native.
Sincerely yours.
R. W. Pederson, M. D.
S. A. Surgeon
Medical Officer in
Charge ■“ 1
Spenard. Alaska
March 9. 1963
Dear Sirs:
I Enclosed find money order fop
$2.50 for six months subscription to
your paper.
May I request that this subscrip
tion be put on your mailing list im
mediately. The purpose of this sub
scription is to use in my Alaska
History Class in Anchorage. Tha
class will need this as soon as pos
sible.
Prof. Victor C. Strash
comfortable and satisfying sleep ha
had ever known.
Just before sleeping, he heard
! Ub-yuk speak. “It is when a spirit
J is lonesome he calls.”
A seal call sounded and the spirit
was closer.
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