Watching Over Mountain Village - Snap Classic
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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Mountain Village is an Alaska Native town in the middle of nowhere. One woman is the town’s only police officer and she alone is responsible for the safety of everyone there. Her track record is perfect until one day when she responds to a call that changes everything.
This story discusses suicide, violence, and contains strong language. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.
We can’t thank Anna Bill and Jim and Eunice Bryan enough for sharing their stories with us. We also want to thank Cathy Moses and the Mountain Village Tribal Council for their time and patience. Additional thanks to Francine Chiklak, Johanna Eurich, Steve Hiemel, Shane Iverson, Anna Rose MacArthur, Lori Townsend, and Anna Walters.
In addition to Anna Bill’s work, Mountain Village is tackling its suicide and public safety crises with grassroots community programs, as well as a tribal court system that focuses on restorative justice. You can learn more about them here and here. A version of this story was first reported for NPR affiliate KYUK in Bethel, Alaska in 2018. If you’re interested in learning more about rural Alaska and its public safety crisis, we recommend following KYUK and KNBA’s coverage, as well as ProPublica’s Lawless series.
Produced by Teresa Cotsirilos, original score by Renzo Gorrio
If you or a loved one is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
Snap Classic - Season 14 - Episode 12
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Judgment Studios |
| 0:10.0 | Snap is, I'm asking, if you dig storytelling that matters, please support Snap at Snap Judgment.org |
| 0:18.0 | because we have just a very short time to make this happen and I get this note from Kathy. |
| 0:26.0 | Kathy says, Glenn, I just want to tell you that I donated as much as I could this month. |
| 0:30.0 | I love to do more but a fixed income is pretty much gone the day it hits the bank. |
| 0:35.0 | I don't know what I do without Snap. It's without a doubt the highlight of my week every week. |
| 0:41.0 | I'll try to do more next month. I hope others will too sincerely Kathy, a dedicated Snap. |
| 0:48.0 | Fixed income. |
| 0:50.0 | No Snap is. |
| 0:53.0 | No, no, no, no, no. We are not going to allow this. |
| 0:57.0 | You are not going to allow this. Kathy gets Snap for free. |
| 1:01.0 | Snap Nation, we need 5,000 Snap as to step up because you are not going to have a lady on a fixed income |
| 1:08.0 | stretch to support this program. That's not who we are. |
| 1:12.0 | So please, stop the show for just a moment. |
| 1:15.0 | Yes, it is a bang and but please stop the show. |
| 1:19.0 | Go to snapjudgment.org. Pick a level support that works for you. |
| 1:23.0 | And for monthly supporters, we've added some good stuff including and you heard it here first. |
| 1:28.0 | Backstage passes to join me at Spook Live in San Francisco or join us for a virtual Snap recording session. |
| 1:35.0 | But the only way this works is if Kathy can listen for free because this is a community that supports each other. |
| 1:43.0 | I know it is. Snapjudgment.org. |
| 1:48.0 | Thanks. |
| 2:03.0 | What comes to your mind when you think Alaska? |
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