Juneau Empire Letter to Editor
August, 18, 2009, the editor of NativeCo.com, Morgan Howard sent a letter to the editor in response to a previous letter published.
This letter is in response to a “Letter to the editor” (August 11, 2009) by Gretchen Goldstein.
The author states, “Living in harmony with nature is not compatible with clear-cut logging” and “Unfortunately, the way they (Sealaska) make money often overrides their Native culture’s traditional values.”
Please do not insult Native people by simplifying our world into the black and white world of disaffected environmentalists. Why do anti-logging proponents think they feel the negative effects of logging more than Natives just because we’re the ones doing the logging? This assumption is a failure to understand the plight of Indigenous people.
Tags: environmentalist, Juneau Empire, Letter to Editor, Logging, Sealaska, timber business
