Tundra Times Volume XVI, Number 24 (June 13, 1979) Page 1 [view articles] [masthead] [news lead] Arctic Slope Wins Phone Bid [news lead] Greenpeace Target - Two Aleut Children Race up a Hillside at the Aleut Community of St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands. The Environmentalist Organization, Greenpeace, Has Mounted an Effort to Halt the Fur Seal Harvest at the Islands' Rookery. The Attack, If Successful, Would Destroy the Existence of These Aleut Communities, the Villagers Have Said. the Grrenpeace Project is the Latest in Many Severe Challengesn the Island Natives Have Faed since the Russians Brought the Aleuts as Slaves to the Pribilofs in the Late 1700's. The U.S. Government, and the Commercial Interests Who Received Its Franchises, Continued the Maltreatment Practices Against the Priblovians, According to a Lawsuit Filed by the Natives in 1953. Last Year, the Aleuts Were Awarded a Monetary Settlement by the U.S. Court of Claims for Abuses Suffered between 1876 and 1946. Saint Paul Village Corporation President Larry Merculieff Said the Greenpeace Effort is Based upon "Misleading Publicity" and Would "Mean the Eventual Death of the Largest and Most Viable Aleut Community in the World." A Greenpeace Entourage Has Scheduled a Protest Demonstration at St. Paull for June 16. [news lead] Residents Unanimously Oppose Beaufort Plan in Hearings [news lead] Wien Agreement Set for New Jets [news lead] Most Bush School Costs in Line with Funds Page 2 [view articles] Page 3 [view articles] Page 4 [view articles] Page 5 [view articles] Page 6 [view articles] Page 7 [view articles] Page 8 [view articles] Page 9 [view articles] Page 10 [view articles] Page 11 [view articles] Page 12 [view articles] Page 13 [view articles] Page 14 [view articles] Page 15 [view articles] Page 16 [view articles]