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Women uplifting women
I have prayed for a friend. A womanly presence, solace and comfort. And when the prayer was answered, I was amazed, thankful and relieved at the faithfulness of the Creator who listened. Who didn’t forget me. Who hears me when my heart is openly hurting and in need. God, thank you. This summer I prayed…
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Don’t drink that, Auntie
Today’s episode comes from Girlie Katchatag from Shaktoolik, currently studying in Portland, Oregon. Listen to a story. Learn something new. Enjoy! If you’d like to submit a story, song, a poem, or a way you’re staying healthy, make a recording on the voice recording app on your smartphone and send the audio file to laureliivanoff@gmail.com.
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Chalavialuk and his maklaks
Stories connect us in indescribable ways. Stories of fiction take us to new places. Spark new ideas. Give life a healthy sense of wonder. Curtis Ivanoff shares one of his own stories of fiction for Our Group Project. Take a listen: Thank you, Curtis. Remember, you can also share and be a part of Our…
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Sacred and significant
Our Group Project features a deep thinker. Someone who loves to make other people laugh. “I’m staying healthy by taking part in what I can,” he said. “I spent a lot of my adolescent life neglecting the different parts of village life and hoping for something “greater.” Simply seeing friends can be enough to help…
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Pistol carrying auntie
Our Group Project is all about connecting. Sharing stories, songs, conversations…anything, really, that uplifts our spirits during this time. Episode 2 is with one of my favorite storytellers, Tweety Ivanoff. Take a listen: If you’d like to just hear Tweety’s story, listen here: Our Group Project is a way for us to stay connected through…
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Sing the songs
I’m so excited to share Our Group Project’s first submission. Kira Neta Eckenweiler is someone I look up to and admire greatly. She is genuine, hilarious and so many other good things. Take a listen: If you’d like to just hear Kira’s beautiful rendition of Iri(n with a tail)a, here you go. (Arrangement by Thomas…
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Group project
Let’s do a project together. Last night I read that you don’t get exhausted doing what you love. It got me thinking. I never got exhausted when working at KNOM Radio providing information to the region, and I have never worked longer hours. I loved it. With everything going on (how we natives say COVID-19…
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Keep the fire burning – araa and arigaa Twitter
UNALAKLEET—I, sometimes I think very foolishly, am on Twitter and open the app multiple times a day to see what’s going on in the world. I don’t have television, so I get a bulk of my news from the feed. I also follow to keep up with Native Twitter – a community of indigenous peoples…
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A letter to my children
Below are reflections on the piece written more than a year ago and recently shared at the Expert Seminar on Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ Fisheries in the Arctic Region held by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. I write about indigenous life in our communities in Alaska. Too often our stories…
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