ANNIE ALOWA: "I Will Fight Until I Melt"

I Will Fight Until I Melt (Whanga Pillugaghlleqaqa Kenlanga Ughullemnun):

12-minute film featuring an interview with Yupik elder Annie Alowa (1924-1999) from the village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. A former health aide, Annie worked to raise awareness and action about the environmental and health effects of a military site built on her island at Northeast Cape. After the military site was built in 1952, Annie observed that her people began to suffer from unusual numbers of miscarriages, cancers, diseases and death. Annie died of cancer in February 1999. She attributed her cancer, as well as the cancers of others who live on Saint Lawrence Island, to the military poisoning of Northeast Cape.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• ANNIE ALOWA
• Northeast Cape
• Military Toxics
• Alaska Cancer
• Savoonga
• Military Poisoning
• Saint Lawrence Island
• Military Waste in Alaska