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In this interview, Joe Vogler talks with interviewer Margaret Van Cleve about his life in Alaska and the interests which led to the formation of the Alaska Independence Party. This interview was made as a part of the "On the Road" series, sponsored by British Petroleum. It was not made for the Yukon-Charley oral history project, but since Vogler discusses his experiences with the Park Service at his mining claims at Woodchopper Creek, this interview has been included , with Joe Vogler's permission, in the Yukon-Charley Oral History Project.
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Tape Reference #H91-18
Margaret Van Cleve talks with Joe Vogler on March 29, 1991 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, about ...

1) ...his opinions on the U.S. entrance to World War II and some of the other reasons he came to Alaska.
Alaska - attributes\ Vogler, Joe\ World War II\ Pearl Harbor\ Roosevelt, Franklin|

2) ...what Alaska was like during the World War II years -- "a place you could do anything you were big enough to try."
Federal Land Office\ World War II\ Russian Pilots\ Weeks Field\ World War II - airplane ferrying\ Burke, Bill|

3) ...Eva McGowan and Fairbanks of the 1940's -- "It was quite a town."
McGowan, Eva\ Fairbanks - 1940's\ World War II - airplane ferrying\ Nordale Hotel\ Model Cafe\ N.C. Garage\ Ladd Field\ Carlyle, Harvey\ Shenk, Evelyn\ Wyler, Fred|

4) ...Fairbanks of the 1940's, employment and communications.
Fairbanks - 1940's\ jobs - 1940's\ communications - 1940's|

5) ...his time in Kodiak and the war years.
Kodiak - 1940's\ World War II|

6) ...the Alaska Highway in the early years.
Alaska Highway - 1940's\ Alaska Highway - story|

7) ...Fairbanks of the 1940's.
Fairbanks - 1940's\ "the line"|

8) ...changes he has seen in Alaska since he came here.
Vogler, Joe\ Alaska - Federal government policy towards\ federal agencies - lands\ Alaska - constitution\ state lands\ resources - development\ homesteads - saying\ Rampart Dam\ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge\ ANILCA\ oil - export|

9) ...his "land to the people" theme.
property taxes\ income taxes\ state lands\ federal agencies - lands\ Alaska - constitution\ Native corporations - lands\ lands - selection\ resources - development|

10) ...why he believes Alaska's physical separation from the rest of the country has helped the U.S. government to treat the state as a colony.
federal government - lands\ Alaska - constitution\ Alaska - federal government policy towards\ federal courts\ Federal Register|

11) ...views on America; how America now lacks self-reliance, pride and opportunities; and some criticisms of environmentalists.
private lands\ wetlands\ Alaska - federal government policy towards\ Rampart Dam\ Gruening, Ernest\ environmental groups\ land - use|

12) ...the "Alaska tea party" and "outside" resource users.
Cordova - protest, 1911\ protest - coal\ Katalla coal fields\ fur seals\ salmon traps\ fishing - commercial\ "outside interests"|

13) ..."outside" fishing interests, statehood, and Alaska pipeline development.
fishing - commercial\ "outside interests"\ fish traps\ fishing - canneries\ Alaska - statehood\ Alaska - military\ pipeline - oil\ resources - development|

14) ...why he has supported Alaskan independence.
United Nations\ Alaska Independence Party\ Alaska - independence\ Alaska - federal government policy towards\ U.S. colonialism\ Hickel, Walter\ oil - export\ Jones Act\ reindeer\ Loman brothers\ Bureau of Indian Affairs|

15) ...Alaska's land and resources; more on independence from the U.S.
lands - uses\ resources - development\ jobs\ Alaska - federal government policy towards\ United Nations|

16) ...how he believes Alaska came into the union with fewer rights than the other states.
Alaska - federal government policy towards\ Alaska - military\ Eisenhower, Dwight\ U.S. President - powers over Alaska\ Irwin, Sam\ U.S. - colonialism|

17) ...his experience with the National Park Service at Woodchopper Creek.
RS24-77\ permits - controversy\ regulations - conflicts\ Vogler, Joe - Woodchopper\ mining - Woodchopper\ RS24-77\ National Park Service - lawsuits\ access - roads\ Hutchinson, Dick - Circle Hot Springs\ Eagle\ Wheeler, Kevin\ Howe, John\ Ritter, John\ National Park Service - stories told about|

18) ...why he considers himself an Alaskan rather than an American.
Vogler, Joe\ federal courts\ mining - access\ mining - Woodchopper\ wetlands\ Alaska - federal policy towards\ resources - development\ jobs|

19) ...the moral decay of America.
Toynbee, Arnold\ U.S. - decline|

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