My project to invite people to my homestead is underway. The situation will be a tribal setting that will combine hippy values and Native American social structure. I have been lucky enough to have meet and lived around Native village elders here in Alaska as well as in Oklahoma. Once the tribe is established, a tribal counsel will be formed to resolve problems and provide a method of guidance. We are fortunate that Alaska Natives have very successful examples for us to follow. Tribal structure have been proven as a very successful during the last few thousand years in America. We can do this. Wanna join the tribe? Here's my little cabin when it was almost finished.
I want to join! haha but i have to finish 4 years of college first but if i could visit during the summers it would be amazing
Sounds really awesome cookie. Can you describe the tribal structure a bit? I'd like to know more about it. Also.. how big of a group (main long term tribal members) are you looking at having?
I would love to join, but I've still got another 2 years of highschool to finish first. If it's still up n thrivin' after that, I'm down like a clown, Charlie Brown!
Tribal structure is based on the idea of using the experienced members to guide the development and direction of the tribe. This does not mean the the "old people" rule over the younger members lives, but rather that we are able to use tribal meetings to resolve issues. Education will be one of the highest priorities of our tribe. When people come for a short-term visit, they will want to learn the skills involved in backwoods living. There must be a balance between the needs all the members. While each of the long-term members will want to have their project worked upon, the tribal counsel can decide which projects have a higher priority. Of course, short-term visitors are not slave labor. These visitors will have free choice in what they do at the homestead. But, most will seek guidance as to what needs to done. It is very possible that short-term visitors will come to learn one specific skill - such as log cabin building. We need to be able to accommodate such requests. As a tribe, the individuals will each have a household. A home to call their own, and privacy. The tribe as a group, the tribe will be able to share food production, cabin building, transportation, and education. The tribe needs to be able to educate children of the members. There are needs that are easier meet by group effort such as working in the garden, maintaining the ice house, and tending livestock. The tribal counsel can also be used to resolve personality conflicts. Living in Alaska is about personal freedom. However, as the old saying goes, "The freedom to swing one's arms ends at your neighbor's nose." Guidance can often prevent serious conflicts from escalating into violence. For example, living at the homestead does not give one the option of calling the police to complain about the neighbor making too much noise. A tribal counsel can say, "Dude, please don't play your tunes loud at 5:00am." I think the resources currently available would support about 6 households. It might be possible to buy adjacent land should the need to expand further arise.
CC, First I have a few Q's.....Do you have requirements for recruiting? Like no felonies or No drug users, and so forth. Second, will you require a dowry to get in? I love the tribe idea, I have been trying to get a commune started down here in Mich. for almost ten years but no one ever turns up. DO you have any takers yet? What is the year like where you live? Best worst scenarios. I ask because I will seriously consider the move, like next month serious. How long do you have to trek to get to town. Dog or Snowmobile? How much land do you have and is it heavily wooded or moderately? IF, I ask IF, I can get more people....how many can you accomodate for a fortnight? People with some money for food and supplies while they stay, or decide to stay and set up. I realize this is alot...maybe if you email me...... christofertodd@yahoo.com we can discuss this further and in more detail. I appreciate your time.
Membership to the tribe is based on ones ability to support yourself, willingness to work towards to improvement of the land, and an attitude that I believe gives a high chance of success. Court convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. My cabin is too small to invite people to join before summer. Besides, I want time to review applications very carefully. Access to the 40 acre homestead is by charter aircraft. For details on the land and living conditions see my thread, "Alaska Calling."
i saw your post on this before and think about it from time to time. i was born in adak, alaska and would like to go back for a bit.. but would really just like an ultimate break from the world.. i guess a chance to reconnect with the earth and myself, as the spiritual being that i am, but that is sometimes strangled by the world, and day to day bullshit... i want to get back to the simpleness of life, the pure basic, but beautiful... but anyways, i am a bit apprehensive.. as a young female, not knowing anyone that would be there, not knowing you... it is sometimes hard to be a girl and know who to trust... i would want to be sure that everone is respecting and what not.
I think it's smart for a young woman to be careful. I would recommend that should you decide to spend time in the wilderness, you should be "loaded for bear." That is to say, when in the wilderness you need to be able to defend yourself against bears, and anything that will stop a bear will also stop an idiot. You will treated with nothing but respect. I don't invite anyone to the homestead without checking their background. Should you decide to come, I would treat you no different in this regard, and once you arrive, you would be given all the room you need to reconnect to nature.
I would love to join but it might be hard for me to travel to the states as I have various drug (cannabis) charges and friends that have tavelled there from England say that it is quite hard to get in with a criminal record. I will look into it. What you're doin is great x
I did a little checking, and it seems that you must get a waiver before arriving in the US. Here's a link to information provided by the US Embassy in London: http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/niv/add_crime.html It can take quite a while for the waiver to be granted. Attempting to come here without the waiver could cause you to be banned from ever returning to the US. Good luck, maybe we will see you this summer. I hear they make good cider there in Somerset. Maybe we should plant some apples.
