When Rhonda McBride was picked as Gov. Sarah Palin’s rural affairs adviser a year ago, some Alaska Native leaders were upset. McBride was a veteran journalist who had lived in Bethel and traveled extensively in Bush Alaska, but she was not a Native. Sen. Al Kookesh, D-Angoon, told her point-blank that — no disrespect to her — he wanted a Native in the high-level policy job, someon
