David Boxley
12:37 - 13:46
"when we first moved to Matkavik, Alaska, we came to Alaska The world was, um, upside down for us. And, um, you know, we were, you know, we had to sign paperwork that said there's no hot nacho, no calling shotlins, and no face painting, and all the things"
“when we first moved to Matkavik, Alaska, we came to Alaska The world was, um, upside down for us. And, um, you know, we were, you know, we had to sign paperwork that said there's no hot nacho, no calling shotlins, and no face painting, and all the things”
- Speaker
- David Boxley
- Timestamp
- 12:37 – 13:46
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 12, 2026
From the transcript
So there was— and this is another one where there's multiple versions and multiple names given to the chief that this happened to. So I'm going to tell it generally without picking one over the other, because I don't want to say that one is better than the other. And again, as I'm telling these stories, um, there is a heartbreaking disconnect that is constantly on my mind, uh, that goes back to, you know, someone saying, well, you're just making this stuff up. Um, when we first— before I tell the story— when we first moved to Matkavik, Alaska, we came to Alaska The world was, um, upside down for us. And, um, you know, we were, you know, we had to sign paperwork that said there's no hot nacho, no calling shotlins, and no face painting, and all the things, you know, these things that no secret society dances, all the stuff that made up, especially the Black Lodge, um, that we couldn't do these things.
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