Thread by @SenDanSullivan

The @NYTimes is at it again, purposefully canceling the voices of the Alaska Native people in their latest biased reporting on the Willow Project. Shameful.

nytimes.com/2023/03/10/cli…

@nytimes Not once in the @nytimes' latest story is there a reference to this fact—and it is a fact:

The majority consensus of Alaska Native people—including every major Alaska Native organization—supports the Willow Project.
🧵👇

@nytimes Josiah Patkotak, Iñupiaq State House Representative for the North Slope region—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes. #akleg

@nytimes .@Rep_Peltola, the first Alaska Native member of the House of Representatives—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYtimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola Nagruk Harcharek, president of @VOICE_Arctic—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic Another powerful letter from @VOICE_Arctic to Interior Secretary Haaland—strongly supporting Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic Alaska Federation of Natives (@NativeFed), the largest statewide Alaska Native organization—strongly supports Willow, not quoted or even mentioned by @NYTimes. #AFN

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS), the regional tribe representing the villages of the North Slope—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Rex Rock Sr., Morrie Lemen, & Harry Brower Jr., well-respected Alaska Native leaders—strongly support Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Alaska Native Village Corporation Association (ANVCA), representing congressionally-mandated Alaska Native village corps statewide—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYtimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed ANCSA Regional Association, representing 12 congressionally-mandated land-based regional corps owned by 140,000 Alaska Native shareholders—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed City of Utqiagvik, majority-Alaska Native North Slope municipal government—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYtimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed North Slope Borough, representing the majority-Alaska Native region encompassing NPR-A & the Willow Project—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYtimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Native Village of Barrow, North Slope Alaska Native tribe—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed City of Atqasuk, majority-Alaska Native North Slope municipal government—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC_AK), congressionally-mandated Alaska Native corp. representing 13,000 Iñupiat shareholders and the 8 villages of the region—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes @Rep_Peltola @VOICE_Arctic @NativeFed Harry Brower Jr., Iñupiaq whaling captain and mayor of the North Slope Borough—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYtimes.
wsj.com/articles/alask…

Asisaun Toovak & Chester Ekak, Iñupiat mayors of Utqiagvik and Wainwright—strongly support Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.
adn.com/opinions/2023/…

@nytimes Doreen Fogg-Leavitt, director of natural resources for the Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS)—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

@nytimes Kuukpik, congressionally-mandated Native Village Corp for community of Nuiqsut and representing 600 Alaska Native shareholders—strongly supports Willow, not quoted by @NYTimes.

Alaska Natives have consistently raised their voices in support of the Willow Project.

But @NYTimes & the mainstream media have consistently canceled them—eco-colonialism at its worst.