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...pick and choose from modernity without losing their soul. In 1971, instead of participating in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Gwich'in Indians chose to retain their Delaware-size (1.8 million acres) reservation extending south from the Arctic refuge. Today they have little cash, but Trimble Gilbert, their newly elected chief, believes that history has vindicated their choice. "Money is not really good for native peoples," he says. "Here you don't see drugs and alcohol, or suicide and ^ murder. Here people walk around proud that we have our land...
Still, says Gilbert, the land is nothing without the caribou. "Ever since they are little, Gwich'in are hungry for caribou," says the chief, speaking of a hunger that is more than a physical appetite. "If there are no caribou, people will not want to live here anymore." It is for this reason that tribe members oppose oil development. Caribou will not calve near rigs or pipelines, they argue. "Oil does not combine with living things," says Tritt...
Corporate Editor: Gilbert Rogin...
...hunchbacked King Gama (Kenneth Bamberger) steals the spotlight in the prologue when he limps on stage to explain that Ida has run out on her engagement to Prince Hilarion. His amusing gestures and grimaces demonstrate why he has been the mainstay of several Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' shows. Bamberger most recently starred as King Pooh-Ba in the fall production of The Mikado...
Into this all-female environment (in Princess Ida a hen, instead of a rooster, crows in the morning) comes Hilarion (Jose Alberto Calvo). Sadly, it becomes clear that Hilarion deserves Ida. While his rich voice is well suited to Sullivan's opera-style music, Calvo mangles Gilbert's complex lyrics beyond recognition. His voice sounds nice, but it would be nice to know what he is saying...