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 Secessionism Winning Over Alaska Natives?
 Posted:   Sun   14 Mar 2004   06:17   "?"

AIP Updates Its Image

Dan Rice, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Longtime Alaskan Independence Party chair Mark Chryson was the only person who wore a tie during Saturday’s town hall-style forum here to talk about the Alaska Permanent Fund. Chryson found the distinction in a room of about 50 people notable, considering his party’s image has typically been associated more with a flannel shirt and coveralls wardrobe. He said the AIP’s “old white man” stereotype is on the outs. The party is gaining more acceptance and, in the process, undergoing a bit of an …

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