Meghan Fitz-James

#Aisholpan of #TheEagleHuntress "documentary" says men opposing her/female engagement in eaglehunting were dad's friends #OttoBell & #StaceyReiss never i.d.'ed them as such/named them. I found out & have discovered inconvenient info missed by ALL film's factcheckers: Stay tuned

Today is the tipping point.

I switched to writing a book about the one individual whose story directly challenges #TheEagleHuntress "documentary"'s narrative after interviewing her, her dad (& bro) in Kz and learning their direct encouraging role muted because inconvenient: #MakpalAbdrazakova #eaglefalconer

And that’s not even half of the corruption and chaos‼️

Translated into English:

This 2020 Kz article mentions #MakpalAbdrazakova & #AkbotaBagashar as #eaglehuntress #eaglefalconer female forerunners to #Aisholpan This is RARELY reported in Kz press! Makpal was noted as involved for 15 yrs but her self-report is "more than 20 yrs". urker.kazgazeta.kz/news/8420

In Kazakh:

@kbyeibit Yup.

@MeghanfjFitz reminded me of what you commented yesterday 🤣

@scroll_in One hell of a writer and a woman I admire. Congratulations on her win!

Author Arundhati Roy wins Vaclav Havel Center’s ‘Disturbing the Peace’ award scroll.in/latest/1072086…

@carinanebel @research_raptor @BioOneNews @PeSumas Can you enlighten us about imprinted eagles released to nature in the Altai? Are they reproducing once released if taken prefledged fr the nest & imprinted on the berkutchi? And at what age does a female golden eagle stop having capacity to breed? Tx for any insights you can give

On #goldeneagle #conservation issues in #Kazakhstan. Much hinges on protecting the very bird of prey that makes 'national hunting' possible. What's the role of 'heritage' #tourism now? Is growing more/bigger golden eagle fests & more eagle falconry schools not risky business?

People have been led to believe that #eaglehuntress #MakpalAbdrazakova was not known about by #eaglehunters and big wigs in countries neighbouring #Kazakhstan...And that she thus had no encouraging influence on any of them. Suffice to say Makpal's story... instagram.com/p/C5FUWa4rh_D/…

"The only owner of the rare badge “Excellence in Hunting of the USSR” in #Kazakhstan was the famous #berkutchi Masip Batyrkhanuly." This contradicts claim that #eaglehunting was fully outlawed throughout Soviet rule. Was it sanctified -for a time? Research 716.kz/news/9061-vnuk…

@grotron Very interesting subject!

@NadiaHsieh1 She was not the only or the first. That was a concerted lie.

Aisholpan, the girl from Kazakh, was the only female eagle hunter in the world. Her story was filmed as a documentary in 2018. It s call “The Eagle Huntress”. #aisholpan #兒童 #nadiahsieh #舊金山小廚娘 #Illustrator #illustration #mswl #イラスト #comic #graphicnovel #漫画 #插畫

@whogivesamonkey Why didn't you ask #MakpalAbdrazakova HERSELF how long her eagle falconry career was, Asha? By not doing so you've shave ~14 yrs off of Makpal's "more than 20 years" (her words) legacy. It remains responsibility of you & @AJEnglish to address that sloppy journalism. For Makpal.

@MeghanfjFitz Hello Meghan. This is a direct quote from Bagdat herself when I interviewed her. They are her exact words verbatim.

The truth takes many people to unveil. I sent a small correction to this otherwise well-researched article by Asha Tanna. See my comment under her tweet (!) In brief, Makpal was involved for at least 14 years, not 5-6 as fact-checked by me with Bagdat. Hopefully corrected asap.

@grotron Exciting project! I personally am working on writing a book about Makpal Abdrazakova. Wish us luck!

The link is here. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

I made a FB post today about my Sept. '23 trip to #Kazakhstan to interview famous (retired) #eaglehuntress #MakpalAbdrazakova , her parents, & her brother-hunting partner, Serik. To hear my video about it & see more photos check it out. I understand the assignment. Stay tuned! 🕵️‍♀️

Some photos of retired #eaglehuntress #MakpalAbdrazakova thru time. It is categorically untrue that Makpal was only an eagle huntress for "5-6 years" as noted within an @AJEnglish story by #AshaTanna Makpal should've been asked directly about length of her career! Needs 2b fixed.