8 GROUNDCOVER NEWS VENDOR VOICES Is immigration worth the trip? in Ann Arbor at U-M hospital. Many native families in the north live in very CINDY "KUNG FU PANDA" GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 As an adopted naturalized citizen of the United States, I feel that immigration is well worth the trip no matter how you get to America. As a member of the Kaska Dena nation, my life for nine months back amongst my own people was both an adventure and a glimpse into the past of both modern and old ways. We had to chop our own wood, drink from wells and use an open air outhouse. All of our meat came from moose, Dall sheep, beaver, muskrat and grouse. Grouse are known as tree chickens because they rest in trees at night to get away from big predators. I was idealistic, headstrong and unrealistic to the real life of the bush. This new world was no walk in the park of Ann Arbor, Michigan. If anyone got hurt at any time, they had to be airlifted to the hospital in Whitehorse, Yukon territories; this is similar to the Life Flight here isolated communities that unfortunately can lead to depression and other tragedies such as suicide. We forget how lucky we really are in the United States. It's all fun and games to watch The Life most northerners will never have or live. America is a dream that millions will never have. I forget I am one of the millions of privileged people to have found myself here. The truth is immigration is not the answer. What is the answer is creating a sustainable modern life within each tribe in the north through new technologies such as geothermal heating and solar power projects. This would create jobs and bring a bit of the United States to each person around the world. I feel like immigration is an idealized reality. The real problem is the poverty across the world. If we can innovate what we already have created to these isolated areas such as tribes in the north (Alaska, Canada) and tribes in South American countries, we can bring a more sustainable, much more balanced world for all people to be happy within their perspective tribes, cities, towns and nations. MAY 19, 2023
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