Photo: I call Niv “my little teacher.” I spent four days with her and her Anaana, camping on the Niukluk River, … Continue reading Inupiaq: The language I can write and speak, but don’t understand

UNALAKLEET — A year and a half ago, I moved to my hometown of Unalakleet. After 20 years, I decided … Continue reading My favorite love story

UNALAKLEET — Today I am defying the -51 temperature that exists six feet from me, on the other side of … Continue reading The morning fear turned into preparation

UNALAKLEET — Wearing a black kuspuk with black and white kupaks, topped with his white, thinning hair, Chip read the … Continue reading Adii! Take that, tough January.

UNALAKLEET — I had just gotten back from picking cranberries. The air was cold and crisp. My favorite time. No … Continue reading Alaska media misses their deadline for change

UNALAKLEET – He turned the lights off. I had been in that church thousands of times from not long after … Continue reading Finding light in a sometimes dark and scary world

NALUQ — There’s something about being out in the country 10 miles up the Kobuk from Kiana. In the open … Continue reading My eyes smile again: A caribou hunt up the Kobuk