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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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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…