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Shelly has been a believer in Yeshua for many years and has been to Israel four times. She has traveled through Guatemala, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, Tahiti, Jordan, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Honduras and spent ten years teaching Science and Mathematics to Yupik, Cupik, and Inupiaq students in three very remote villages of Alaska. Many of her students became strong believers and have gone on to lead others to Yeshua. Currently Shelly lives in Kent, Ohio with her mother and she still teaches Science and occasionally substitute teaches.
When testifying at his trial, Teddy Kyle Smith said he thought he was shooting Enukins in self-defense when he fired his rifle at Chuck and Paul Buckel. Few believed him, but his testimony highlighted the inequalities of jury selection in rural Alaska. Sources My primary source for this article was the Audible Original production of Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr. I highly recommend this three-hour audiobook. James Dommek Jr. does a fantastic job of telling this story from the viewpoint of a Native man from northwestern Alaska. It is a first-class production and a thought-provoking story. Anderson, Ben. “Kiana man found guilty of attempted murder in remote Alaska.” November 26, 2014. Anchorage Daily News. Demer, Lisa. “Troopers hunt for resident of Kiana – Teddy K. Smith should be considered armed and dangerous.” September 11, 2012. Anchorage Daily News. Dommek, James Jr. Midnight Son. 2019. Audible Original. D'Oro, Rachel. Alaska actor arrested, charged in shooting of 2 men near Kiana.” September 20, 2012. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. D'Oro, Rachel. “Inupiaq thriller ‘On the Ice' arrives in theaters today.” February 17, 2012. Anchorage Daily News. Grove, Casey. “Appeal challenges Alaska's exclusion of village residents from juries.” May 24, 2018. Alaska Public Media. Grove, Casey. “Troopers nab Kiana shooting suspect – Teddy Smith is arrested on river without incident.” September 21, 2012. Anchorage Daily News. Hopkins, Kyle. “Movie actor from Kiana still missing after mother's death – Gun-wielding man hasn't been heard from since Friday.” September 13, 2012. Anchorage Daily News. Hopkins, Kyle. “Village locked down after two hunters shot – The shooter is still on the loose after stealing the pair's boat.” September 20, 2012. Anchorage Daily News. “In the Court of Appeals in the State of Alaska: Teddy Kyle Smith v. State of Alaska.” April 2, 2021. JUSTIA US Law. “The ‘Enukins' – Little people of NW Alaska.” n.d. Bigfoot Encounters. ______________________________________ Join the Readers and Writers Book Club for a Spring Fling Facebook Event and Explore the Haunted Harding House: April 15 - 29 Take a trip to the wilderness of Alaska--if you dare! _________________________________________________________________________ IF YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR NOVELS, CHECK OUT THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF MASSACRE AT BEAR CREEK LODGE ________________________________ https://youtu.be/7Fv52Bf8yfY Join the Last Frontier Club's Free Tier Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master's degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman's Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing. Robin invites you to join her at her website: https://robinbarefield.com, and while you are there, sign up for her free monthly newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Robin also narrates a podcast, Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. You can find it at: https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net Subscribe to Robin's free, monthly Murder and Mystery Newsletter for more stories about true crime and mystery from Alaska. Join her on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Visit her website at http://robinbarefield.com Check out her books at Author Masterminds ___________________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to support Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier? Become a patron and join The Last Frontier Club. Each month, Robin will provide one or more of the following to club members.
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F12 3 Lent (Year C) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 23 March 2025 Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 The time has come to change your life. Alex Ross writes about a sound and light installation by the composer John Luther Adams (1953-) at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. It is called The Place Where You Go to Listen. The title refers to Naalagiagvik, a beach on the Arctic Ocean, where a particular Inupiaq woman could hear and understand the voices of whales, birds, other creatures and even the whole planet around her. “O God… my soul clings to you; your right hand holds me fast” (Ps. 63).
Maija Katak Lukin served as Mayor of Kotzebue in 2015 when President Barack Obama visited. She later became superintendent of the National Park Service's Western Arctic National Parklands. She is now the Native Relations Program Manager for the National Park's Service's Region 11 which encompasses Alaska. We discuss her early life, her commitment to the Inupiaq language, climate change's tangible impacts on the Arctic and more.
When the Kotzebue police entered a bedroom in a house on the mayor's property on May 23, 2018, they found the lifeless body of twenty-five-year-old Jennifer Kirk curled at the foot of the bed. A rifle lay across her feet. She had strangulation marks on her neck and a bullet wound under her chin. Even before receiving the autopsy report, the Kotzebue police quickly ruled Kirk's death a suicide. Two years later, the police were called to an adjacent house on the same property to examine the body of Susanna Norton. They could not so easily dismiss Susanna's death because the medical examiner ruled it a homicide. Someone had strangled Susanna to death. The deaths of Jennifer Kirk and Susanna Norton, both Inupiaq women, highlight the continuing issue of violence against Alaska Native women. Sources: Boots, Michelle Theriault. “'No more silence': her kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder stunned a town and started a movement. Anchorage Daily News. College of Health. “Alaska Victimization Survey.” University of Alaska Anchorage. Dobbyn, Paula. “Victimization of Alaska women staggeringly high and rising.” October 12, 2021. Victims for Justice. Hopkins, Kyle. “For families in Northwest Alaska, questions remain about unsolved deaths and ‘suicides.'” November 21, 2023. Anchorage Daily News. Hopkins, Kyle. “One woman died on an Alaska mayor's property. Then another. No one has ever been charged.” November 11, 2023. Anchorage Daily News. _______________________________________ Visit the Christmas Book Bazaar for Fun, Games, and Good Deals on Great Books! ________________________________________________ Now Available at 25% off the Cover Price in The Reader's and Writers Facebook Club Christmas Book Bazaar _________________________________________________________________________ IF YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR NOVELS, CHECK OUT THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF MASSACRE AT BEAR CREEK LODGE ________________________________ Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master's degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman's Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing. Robin invites you to join her at her website: https://robinbarefield.com, and while you are there, sign up for her free monthly newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Robin also narrates a podcast, Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. You can find it at: https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net Subscribe to Robin's free, monthly Murder and Mystery Newsletter for more stories about true crime and mystery from Alaska. Join her on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Visit her website at http://robinbarefield.com Check out her books at Author Masterminds ___________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to support Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier? Become a patron and join The Last Frontier Club. Each month Robin will provide one or more of the following to club members. · An extra episode of Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier available only for club members. Behind-the-scenes glimpses of life and wildlife in the Kodiak wilderness. · Breaking news about ongoing murder cases and new crimes in Alaska ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Merchandise! Visit the Store
On this week's episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we sit down with Patuk Glenn, the Executive Director of the Arctic Slope Community Foundation (ASCF) and a digital media influencer. Patuk has dedicated her life to promoting and preserving the Inupiat way of life, working in various roles that have made a significant impact on her community in the Arctic Slope region of Alaska. Patuk has served as Museum Curator for the Inupiat Heritage Center, worked as a Project Manager for the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in Community Economic Development, and now leads ASCF, an organization committed to strengthening the culture of giving and improving the quality of life among the people of the Arctic Slope. For Patuk, her greatest achievements are the relationships she has developed with community members, and she continues to work tirelessly to support the region's positive growth and development. When the world changed during the 2020 pandemic, Patuk turned to TikTok to create cultural, educational, and entertaining videos about life in the Arctic. One of her viral videos about her family's ice cellar—a traditional storage method for subsistence foods like bowhead whale, caribou, and seal—captured national attention and helped her build a following of over 120,000. Patuk now uses her platform to share the beauty and challenges of life in the Arctic and to uplift Inupiaq culture. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Patuk's inspiring life story; Her experience growing up in the Arctic Slope - the northernmost region of Alaska; How she got involved in the work she's doing to improve the quality of life for the people of the Arctic Slope region and how she started working for ASCF; The story of how she started using TikTok and Instagram to create cultural, educational, and entertaining videos about life in the Arctic; Stories of the people she is helping through her digital media presence and her work with ASCF; And so much more! For more information on Patuk and her incredible work, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/Patuk Listen and Subscribe: Don't miss this inspiring episode - and so many others! Listen to The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast on #ApplePodcasts, #Spotify, #YouTube, and subscribe to stay up-to-date with our latest episodes. Join the movement to empower girls and change the world, one story at a time!
In this newscast: A state agency that's been awarding annual grants to Alaska libraries cut some of its stipend this year, and smaller rural libraries may suffer; For Tongass Voices, Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds is an Inupiaq actor starring in "Cold Case" a play opening this weekend at Perserverance Theater.
In the Inupiaq village of Wainwright on the Arctic Ocean, two teenagers discover a frozen body in the permafrost wall of their family's cellar. They recognize the face through the ice. It is the face of a young woman who went missing—two years ago . . .In South Dakota, Arliss Cutter searches for answers surrounding his brother's mysterious death. But his visit only raises more questions without any leads. Until he returns to Alaska—and learns that his brother had something in common with the frozen body in the ice cellar . . .Inside the young woman's pocket is a fossilized animal tooth—similar to the one Arliss's brother picked up on a trip to South Dakota. A bizarre coincidence? Or are the two connected somehow? Before Arliss can figure it out, his brother's widow and children become the targets of a brutal home invasion. Arliss arrives on the scene in time to save them—but his actions trigger a larger investigation that puts his own neck on the line. From South Dakota to Anchorage to the Inupiaq villages of the Arctic, Arliss follows this bloodstained trail of clues to a remote lodge on the banks of the Kobuk River. Here, in this unforgiving wilderness, he will find the answers he seeks. Here, in this untamed, often violent land, he will come face to face with the terrible truth—and the man behind his brother's murder . . .Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Send us a Text Message.Alex BeltzAlex is Inupiaq and Koyukon Athabascan.Alex works in recovery and is 4 years sober. On today's show Alex courageously shares his story for those who are struggling. Alex would like the listeners to know that, “He has struggled with a variety of issues, and hopes that if you get anything from this interview, it is that if a hardheaded guy like him can do it, you can to."Support the Show.
Send us a Text Message.Melissha Melissha is Inupiaq from Point Hope & Anchorage, Alaska.Melissha has 26 years of recovery and on this show she courageously shares her story for those who are still struggling. Support the Show.
David Leslie is an Inupiaq Sipiniq (Two-Spirit) living in Fairbanks. He is a frequent testifier against the anti-trans bills moving through the Alaska State House. We discuss his specific perspective as a queer Alaska Native man.To check out the book recommended by our guest, Yuuyaraq: The Way of The Human Being, by Harold Napoleon, Click here.This episode is part of a series on trans rights. The inspiration for these interviews is three bills currently moving through the Alaska State House: HB 183 which bans trans girls from playing girls sports; HB 105 which requires kids to get signed permission slips approving their preferred name and pronouns; and HB 338 which allows doctors to be sued up to 20 years after performing gender affirming procedures on trans youth.Alaska has many big problems. The pressing need to increase the funding of our public school system and finding a solution for an imminent energy crisis, for example. But instead of working on these very real, very substantial problems, we are spending the last weeks of session debating whether trans youth exist and have rights. They do exist; they do have rights.
Lily Tuzroyluke Lily is Inupiaq, Tlingit, and Nisga'a from Anchorage, Alaska.She is an Indigenous author who recently published her book entitled Sivulliq: Ancestor. Lily was named USA Today's Woman of the Year for 2024.Lily has 22 years of sobriety.On this show Lily shares about her novel: Sivulliq: Ancestor, about being named USA Today's Woman of the year, and courageously sharing her story and about her sobriety. https://www.tuzroyluke.com/https://www.instagram.com/lilyh.tuzroyluke?igsh=MXVpeGx5cDAwNWpyNw==https://www.facebook.com/lily.tuzroyluke?mibextid=LQQJ4dSupport the show
The Arctic Encounter Symposium celebrated it's 10th year in Anchorage, Alaska at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center. Arctic leaders, policy makers and creatives gathered from April 10-12th, 2024 to discuss challenges and successes of the today's current events in the Arctic. This episode is about the importance of empowering storytelling of the Inupiaq and how their youth need positive role models that embody the values and traditions of their people. Podcaster, Alice Glenn shares how she started Coffee and Quaq and how she has grown a world wide audience. Alice and her older sister, Patuk Glenn, Executive Director of the Arctic Slope Community Foundation, want to empower the youth of the Arctic to have pride and strength from their cultural identity. Thank you, Rachel Kallander, founder & CEO of Arctic Encounter, for creating this incredible event. Congratulations on your 10th year and incredible leadership!Here is the link to Alice's Coffee and Quaq Podcast: https://www.coffeeandquaq.com/podcastThank you, Alaska Climate & Aviation Podcast listeners for tuning in.You can visit my website for links to other episodes and see aerial photography of South Central Alaska at: https://www.katiewritergallery.comSincerely, Katie Writerjournalist/pilot/photographerktphotowork@gmail.comSupport the show
We continue our conversation with Antonia Unaqsiq Commack a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples advocate in Alaska. Antonia is Inupiaq from the Native Village of Shungnak and is a survivor herself of domestic abuse. Antonia is challenging the open letter to the community that the Kotzebue Chief of Police wrote addressing the suspicious deaths of Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton in Kotzebue, Alaska. The Chief's letter tries to assure the public that the investigation into these cases has been thorough, but Antonia points out all the holes in that story. Laura fills us in on the background of the horrific domestic violence these women suffered at the hands of their intimate partners before their deaths. The Kotzebue police have closed Jennifer's case, refusing to investigate it as a homicide.The lead investigator for Sue Sue Norton's case is Alaska MMIP investigator Lonnie Pisciya at907-764-3864Chief Roger Rouse office number is 907-442-3351Please go to the Lawless website to find out more: https://www.propublica.org/series/lawlessYou can listen to Invisible: Life and Death on the Reservation https://amzn.to/3UZTKvhYou can read the letter that the Kotzebue Chief Of Police released to the community here, scroll to the end of the City page:https://www.cityofkotzebue.comThen please also go and watch Antonia's incredible videos on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@alaska.mmip You can also join: Missing and Murdered in Alaska Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1013590965769563/If you or someone you care about needs help please go over Laura's DASH checklist and take it to law enforcement.DASH www.dashriskchecklist.com You can get Laura's book here "Policing Domestic Violence" https://www.dashriskchecklist.com/resources/books#realcrimeprofile #TrueCrime #podcast #ExpertAnalysis #FBI #NewScotlandYard #CriminalBehavior #BehaviorAnalysis #rapist #coercivecontrol #stalker #survivor Follow us and continue the conversationOn Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realcrimeprofile/?hl=enOn Twitterhttps://twitter.com/realcrimeprofilOn Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/realcrimeprofile/>>>>>>>>> SUPPORT OUR OTHER SHOWS
Guess how excited Angela is about Season 4 of True Detective! First Alaska Daily and now this? Inupiaq on the rise! Be sure to hear Monica's dating profile masterpiece, lots of speculation on the plots, and the discussion of the true meaning of this series: the MMIW crises in Alaska and beyond. There is some discussion of assault, so please take care of yourself when listening.
Who is killing the indigenous women of Alaska? Spoiler alert, it is not that hard to figure out if proper investigations had been done, yet time and time again, these victims' deaths are ignored, suspects are not questioned, evidence is not collected, autopsy reports are glossed over, known repeat offenders are not prosecuted, and on the rare occasions when they are prosecuted, judges are letting them go with less than a slap on the wrist. Joining us to discuss two such cases is victims' advocate Antonia Unaqsiq Commack of Missing and Murdered In Alaska, a group that often focuses on violence against Native Alaskans. Antonia is Inupiaq from the Native Village of Shungnak. Antonia herself has had two close friends murdered by their intimate partners and since 2017 has devoted herself to shouting loudly to make the public aware of the injustices going on in her community. Antonia takes us through the deaths of two women in Kotzebue, Alaska - Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton -- who died under extremely suspicious circumstances and who need to get much more attention from those in power to deliver justice. Their stories are just the tip of the iceberg. Please go to the Lawless website to find out more. https://www.propublica.org/series/lawless You can read the letter that the Kotzebue Chief Of Police released to the community here, scroll to the end of the City page:https://www.cityofkotzebue.comThen please also go and watch Antonia's incredible videos on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@alaska.mmip You can also join: Missing and Murdered in Alaska Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1013590965769563/If you or someone you care about needs help please go over Laura's DASH checklist and take it to law enforcement.DASH www.dashriskchecklist.com You can get Laura's book here "Policing Domestic Violence" https://www.dashriskchecklist.com/resources/books#realcrimeprofile #TrueCrime #podcast #ExpertAnalysis #FBI #NewScotlandYard #CriminalBehavior #BehaviorAnalysis #rapist #coercivecontrol #stalker #survivorFollow us and continue the conversationOn Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realcrimeprofile/?hl=enOn Twitterhttps://twitter.com/realcrimeprofilOn Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/realcrimeprofile/>>>>>>>>> SUPPORT OUR OTHER SHOWS
We are the stories we tell. In Alaska the Inupiaq people tell the story of Sedna the goddess of the sea. They understand that the land they live on is a complex web of physical and spiritual beings.But the colonisers of Alaska tell a different set of stories about the same landscape. They tell stories of Wilderness and of the Last Frontier.Our guest today is Tia Tidwell professor of Alaska Native Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She belongs to the Nunamiut people of Anaktuvuk Pass.Tia's recommendations:Alaska is the Center of the Universe (Audible exclusive podcast)The Alaska Myth https://www.thealaskamyth.com/Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.Discover the past with exclusive history documentaries and ad-free podcasts presented by world-renowned historians from History Hit. Watch them on your smart TV or on the go with your mobile device. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code AFTERDARK sign up now for your 14-day free trial http://access.historyhit.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=afterdark&plan=monthlyYou can take part in our listener survey here.
Antonia Unaqsiq Commack is Inupiaq from the Native Village of Shungnak. She currently lives in Wasilla with her 3-year-old son, Eddie. Antonia went to school for medical assisting and is returning to school this year to finish her bachelors degree. Her passion for MMIP advocacy came after she lost two of her best friends to domestic violence. She has since advocated on behalf of many families across the state where she has made lifelong relationships with others experiencing the same loss. Support the show
The aurora borealis is more than just a dazzling natural light show for those lucky enough to see it. The northern lights are also a cultural touchstone handed down over millennia. Some tribes understand the Northern Lights as a message from the ancestors. At the same time Native astrophysicists are working to view the phenomenon with both modern scientific and traditional knowledge. GUESTS Sharon Shorty (Tlingit and Northern Tutchone), storyteller, comedian, and performer Gabe Tegoseak (Inupiaq) Dana Nez (Diné), cultural consultant
The Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit (MMWIG2S) Alaska Working Group was founded by today's guests Kendra Kloster and Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok (who will be referred to by her Inupiaq name Aqpik throughout today's interview). The MMWIG2S Alaska Working Group is an Indigenous-led consortium that is supported by the partner organizations: Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, Alaska Native Justice Center, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Data for Indigenous Justice, and Native Movement. Kendra and Aqpik began meeting in 2018 and continue to meet weekly to share strategies to address the MMIWG2S crisis in our state. According to the National Institute of Justice, Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence than any other demographic. The numbers are higher in Alaska, but exact reliable data are lacking, and this is one of the issues we will be discussing today. Links to websites:1. Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Alaska Working Group2. Alaska Native Women's Resource CenterLink to Book Alaska Native Women: Ending the Violence, Reclaiming a Sacred Status
Basket designs, rug patterns, tribal images, and corn illustrations are all among the graphics many Indigenous tattoo wearers display. Some traditional images date back to tribal origin stories. Tribal members are embracing a revival of tattoo images handed down through the generations—some were all but lost because the practice fell out of fashion. We'll hear about how Indigenous tattoo artists are reviving and perfecting their tattoo traditions. GUESTS Shay Milford (Navajo), founding members of the Indigenous Tattoo and Music Fest Olivia Morgan (citizen of the Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw descendant), co-host of the Inchunwa podcast Faithlyn Seawright (Chickasaw and Choctaw), member of the board of directors for the Inchunwa podcast Hotvlkuce Harjo (Muscogee Creek), multidisciplinary artist Holly Nordlum (Inupiaq), artist, tattooist, and activist
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A woman in Nome is using social media as a tool to teach the Inupiaq language. Students across the state logged on for the annual Teaching through Tech conference. And American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems.
Cordelia Qiġñaaq Kellie specializes in cross-cultural communications. It's a position that gives her the space and the opportunity to learn about how cultures interact at the community level. For the last two years, she's worked as the Special Assistant for Rural Affairs for Senator Lisa Murkowski, where she helps to build and strengthen regional and statewide rural and Alaska Native relationships. She says that in her line of work people often use the term “cultural conflicts” to describe disagreements that arise because of different values and belief systems. However, she prefers the term “cultural contrasts” because not all the time do those things conflict. She gives an example: Whenever her mom's Inupiaq family would visit, she was expected to tend to and revere her elders, whereas when her dad's parents would visit from Washington state they wanted to tend to the children. She recognized that these behaviors weren't in conflict, each one just had a different set of expectations. So, it's important to learn and to talk about the contrasts before they become conflicts. It comes down to recognizing, understanding and respecting other cultures — their values and their tenets. Cordelia grew up in Wasilla. The first time she visited the lands of her heritage — Utqiagvik and Wainwright — she was a young adult. She remembers seeing the environment that her mom had been describing to her for so long and how striking it was. Her biggest takeaway was seeing other Inupiaq people. It was her first time in an Inupiaq community and so much of it reminded her of her family. It gave her an incredible sense of belonging because until that point the only other Inupiaq people she encountered were part of her family. It was the first time she realized that she was part of this bigger network of people.
Cordelia Qiġñaaq Kellie specializes in cross-cultural communications. It's a position that gives her the space and the opportunity to learn about how cultures interact at the community level. For the last two years, she's worked as the Special Assistant for Rural Affairs for Senator Lisa Murkowski, where she helps to build and strengthen regional and statewide rural and Alaska Native relationships. She says that in her line of work people often use the term “cultural conflicts” to describe disagreements that arise because of different values and belief systems. However, she prefers the term “cultural contrasts” because not all the time do those things conflict. She gives an example: Whenever her mom's Inupiaq family would visit, she was expected to tend to and revere her elders, whereas when her dad's parents would visit from Washington state they wanted to tend to the children. She recognized that these behaviors weren't in conflict, each one just had a different set of expectations. So, it's important to learn and to talk about the contrasts before they become conflicts. It comes down to recognizing, understanding and respecting other cultures — their values and their tenets. Cordelia grew up in Wasilla. The first time she visited the lands of her heritage — Utqiagvik and Wainwright — she was a young adult. She remembers seeing the environment that her mom had been describing to her for so long and how striking it was. Her biggest takeaway was seeing other Inupiaq people. It was her first time in an Inupiaq community and so much of it reminded her of her family. It gave her an incredible sense of belonging because until that point the only other Inupiaq people she encountered were part of her family. It was the first time she realized that she was part of this bigger network of people.
This episode of "Gunalchéesh!" features spoken Haida language with a story of Killer Whale Man. In between segments of the spoken word, hear songs in the Haida, Inupiaq, Lingit, and Yupik languages. Hosted by K'yuuhlgáansii ("Place of one's own", Haida) on Lingit Aani (Tlingit land) in Sitka, Alaska. Please comment at gunalcheeshradio@gmail.com. Airs Wednesdays after the 8 PM news on KCAW Sitka and kcaw.org, (8:06 PM Alaska Time), Mondays at 1 PM on KSTK Wrangell and kstk.org, Mondays at 3 PM on KTOO Juneau and ktoo.org, Thursdays at 11 AM on KHNS Haines and khns.org, and Thursdays after the 10 PM news on KRBD Ketchikan and krbd.org. Podcast updates Fridays.
Episode Summary This time on This Month In the Apocalypse, Brooke and Inmn talk about storms, extreme flooding, and the deadly heat dome. They talk about a lot going on in the ocean, including orca attacks, the Ocean Gate submersible, and El Nino. They also talk about mostly bad things for trans people. However, there are some fun instances of fascists beating each other up. Host Info Brooke can be found on Twitter or Mastodon @ogemakweBrooke. Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript This Month In the Apocalypse: June, 2023 Brooke Hello and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for what feels like the end times. This is your early summer June-ish installment of our segment This Month In the Apocalypse. I am Brooke Jackson and co-hosting with me today is the very delightful Inmn. Our podcast is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts. And before we explore today's episode, we'd like to share a little jingle from another pod on the network. JIngle jangle, jingle jangle. [Brooke singing a simple melody] Brooke And we're back. Hey Inmn, how are you feeling today? Inmn I'm, I'm feeling fairly good today, Brooke. But you know, a lot of bad things happened in June. But also, some really funny things happened in June. So... Brooke This is true. You wanna hear the funniest thing that happened? I bet you have one, but I have one that's gonna be funnier. Inmn Yeah, yeah. There's a couple of funny things that we'll get to. How are you, Brooke? Brooke I'm good. I like that we've swooped in and taken this podcast away from Margaret. Just kidding. She's dealing with other stuff. We miss her terribly. And, she trusted us to do this whole episode on our own. Inmn Yeah, because we're real people. Brooke And I'm so excited about that. Do you want to hear really funny story? Inmn Yes. Brooke Okay, so Portland, Oregon always does a big Pride celebration on--well it's usually it's a Sunday, I think--in June and it's often fallen on Father's Day because of terrible planning and timing. And this year it finally didn't for once. So, it was having his big Pride celebration. I think this was just a week ago. And both the Proud Boys and the Rose City Nationalists showed up to protest Pride, except both groups showed up to the wrong location. And they showed up to the same wrong location. And they got in a fight with each other instead of fighting and protesting Pride. Inmn Wow, do you know that the fight was...Like, why did they fight? Brooke There's some videos you can find on like Twitter and the Proud Boys are attacking the Rose City Nationalists and they're calling them racists. And the Rose City Nationalists are in like khaki pants and blue shirt, you know, that full face covering thing. What does they call that? Something. And like hats. And the Proud Boys are a bunch of older white dudes, burly biker gang kind of guys, and they're yelling at them for being like punk kids, and wearing masks, and being racist. They just kick the shit out of them. Inmn Maybe just because I don't know totally who they are; who are the Rose City Nationalists? Brooke Oh, there are local to Portland chapter of one of the white nationalist groups in the US. Inmn Okay. What...Do you know why did the Proud Boys think that they're racist? Brooke I think if I remember correctly, I think they're like a neo-Nazi affiliated group, the nationalists, and they think it's really weak of them to wear full face coverings and not show their faces when they show up to events and to be in like matching outfits. I think they mock that too when they're getting into the fight, how they're in their little khaki and blue shirt uniform thing. Inmn Wow. That is...You know, if all of the white supremacists want to like fight each other and spend all their time doing that, I would be thrilled. Brooke The best outcome to a Pride protest ever, two asshole groups showing up at the wrong location and fighting each other instead. Inmn Oh, that's just wonderful. Brooke A big thanks to friend of the pod, Alex, for sending me all of the videos from this and news articles and stuff. I've just been laughing about that all week. I keep thinking about it and just chuckling Inmn I have a similarly...you know, it's like a something bad happened, but also something funny happened kind of thing. All right. Brooke Let's go. I like funny news. Inmn Okay, so, ongoing anti-trans legislation across the country and in Texas. Yeah, it's pretty bad. But, Michelle Evans who's like...I think she's a Texas House Representative candidate and some kind of like legislative Director for some wacky organization that is trying to do weird things around COVID vaccines. She was at the Texas State Capitol to celebrate SB14, which is a bill that was signed into legislation that blocks doctors from providing gender affirming care to minors, which is pretty horrifying. Brooke It's awful. Inmn Yeah, it is. It is not as bad as SB 1029, which would essentially defund all gender affirming care for anyone in the state of Texas. It's through some pretty interestingly deceptive means. Like, it blocks use of public funds for those things, which sends this ripple effect through....because you could be like, "Oh, What about like, you know, private providers? Wouldn't they still be able to provide care for people?" And the answer is probably not. Because, the public funding affects things like malpractice insurance or insurance providers in general. And so it's essentially, private doctors who don't receive public funding for doing gender affirming care, would essentially not be able to get insured because of this funding that's being...would be taken away. So... Brooke It's not okay. So not okay. These bills make me so angry. And I feel like every time we do one of these episodes, we're talking about another state, another place, another layer of these bills, and it's not just like, "Oh, they're considering this," like it's that these bills are passing in various places. Inmn Yeah, and SB 1029 has not passed in Texas, but SB 14, which blocks gender affirming care for minors, did pass. But, Michelle Evans was there at the Capitol celebrating and she confronted a trans woman in the bathroom. The altercation reportedly like involved some verbal harassment of this person. And then Michelle claims, she claims that she was sent a picture of this person in the bathroom. Brooke That's creepy. Inmn Yeah, by one of her followers. That's what she says. But she...It'll make sense in a moment. Okay, so she tweeted this out to her following and it very rapidly, you know, went viral and there were people commenting to her about it, being like, "Hey, you know, it's illegal to film people in the bathroom, right?" And she was...While she was still at the Capitol, she was detained by the Capitol Police and got her phone confiscated and she was questioned about the photo being like....They were like, "Oh, we heard that you tweeted this photo of someone in the bathroom." And she was like, "Oh, but I didn't take the picture." You know, or so she claims. And yeah, so she is still under investigation for taking a picture of someone in the bathroom, which is against the law it turns out in Texas. Brooke Oh, there's a ray of sunshine in this awfulness. And that's like, I mean, even if...Okay. Laws, not laws. Anarchism....You know, it's confusing. But, It's wrong, whether or not it's legal or illegal, it's just like, your own internal ethics should tell you that that's wrong to do. So it's nice that there's repercussions for it in some way. Inmn Yeah, you know, like, I don't...like I'm not down with the State existing or laws or like, whatever. But I'm absolutely not going to have sympathy for anyone who, like, might end up getting charges for filming people in the bathroom because that's fucked up. So, I'm curious if it'll catch on as like any kind of thing or like piece of resistance that people can do for like being harassed in bathrooms, like wherever they are, is to like....if you get filmed in the bathroom, it's like...I'm wondering if more people will end up catching charges for filming people in the bathroom who they believe to be trans. Brooke Right, you know, but then now, as you say that, I realized the flip side of it. If you're someone who's being verbally or whatever, assaulted, attacked in the bathroom, like, you shouldn't get in trouble for filming the way someone's mistreating you. But, the law doesn't, you know, have that caveat to it. Inmn Yeah, it's dumb. Yeah. But luckily, a lot of these people who are confronting people in bathrooms are like, incriminating themselves, I think. Mostly. Brooke Yeah, that is handy. Like, if you're the bad guy and you're taking the video, thanks for the evidence and doing the thing that's illegal and getting you in trouble. I just feel bad for the person who's on the receiving end of the assaults, and them maybe feeling like, "Oh, I can't document this because it's illegal to film in here." Inmn Yeah, yeah. So yeah, a thing for people to think about. So, that was a kind of funny thing. Brooke That had better ending than I was expecting. So thank you for that. Inmn Yeah. Um, do you want to hear some more kind of bad news, though, for trans folks in the news this month? Brooke No, I don't. But I also don't want to be an ignorant...to live in ignorance. So you can tell me. Inmn Okay. So Elon Musk, you know, is in the news, again. Brooke Oh God, I know where this is going. Inmn Elon announced that "Cis" and "Cis gendered," like those terms, are going to be slurs on Twitter and that targeted use of them could be grounds for account suspension on Twitter. Brooke Just when you think he's not done being the worst, he finds new ways to be just the absolute worst. Inmn I know. And like, I'm like...I feel like he just does it for the media cycle or whatever. Like, every time he like dips out of the news, he's like, "Oh, I'll just like, ridicule trans people and get back in the new cycle." Brooke He just needs the attention one way or the other. All attention is good attention, including negative. Speaking of horrible rich people, actually, I have one for you, which is going slightly out of the order that we talked about earlier, but I think it's fun to put it in here. There's a company called Ocean Gate that has developed its own little mini submarines for undersea exploration. And it's doing private tours of underwater things like, you know, submarines and other wreckage. And it's gone down to the Titanic. And they've...I guess they've been doing this annually the last couple of years, although it sounds like the last two years were both research missions. And then this year was the first year, from what I'm reading, that they were doing an actual tourist expedition. So, five super rich people who paid a quarter million dollars a piece, popped into this tiny little submarine to go down and explore the Titanic and the submarine didn't survive the water pressure. Ergo, neither did the unfortunate rich people on their underwater sea exploration. Inmn Yeah, Brooke I don't know if any of them were specifically terrible human beings. But you know, rich people in general, if you can afford to pay a quarter million dollars to go underwater, I don't feel superduper bad about it. Inmn Yeah, I think from from what I read, it was like, it was like three literal billionaires, the owner of the company, and then a titanic expert, who, I don't know what that person's deal was. So, you know, I might feel a little something for the Titanic expert who was possibly not a billionaire. But also, I don't know, I don't know what that person's life is. Brooke Yeah, but the billionaires Hey, you shouldn't be hanging with billionaires anyway. And, it is pretty ironic that the founder of the company was one of them. And yeah, while they've done, you know, for people who don't know this, explorations have dived to the Titanic, and pictures you've ever seen in videos and stuff has never been from like, people actually being that up close to the wreckage because it's so deep underwater. It's from sending--I don't know what they call them--a drone that's underwater. So, a remotely manned, piloted underwater craft that goes down and like, explores that wreckage. Inmn Yeah. And there's something...like, the pressure down there, it's like 6000 pounds per square inch or something. So like when that thing depressurized it was crushed within a few milliseconds? Brooke Yeah, I have it here if you want. About one millisecond. 1 thousandth of a second is how fast it would collapse. And the human brain can't respond to stimulus--the fastest the human brain can respond to stimulus is like 25 milliseconds. So, significantly later than when it actually happened. Like. your brain couldn't register that it happens before you died. And also, this is interesting, human bodies incinerate and are turned into ash and dust instantly upon this implosion. Inmn That's crazy. Brooke Isn't that wild? So, you wouldn't even know that had happened. Like, less than a blink and you're gone. Inmn Yeah, yeah. There is a there is an image circulating--which is probably like, you know, after hearing that, like, it's probably a photoshopped image--but there was an image floating around where people thought they could see the Xbox controller that controlled the sub on the bottom of the ocean. Which I think is probably not true because everything was destroyed. But.... Brooke Yeah, it's kind of funny, though. For a frame of reference, you mentioned that it's 5000 pounds of pressure. It's...that's like 400 times the amount of air pressure that we feel just standing around at sea level, I should say. So, it's the equivalent of the weight of the Eiffel Tower on you. Inmn Wow. Brooke Yeah. Or, I guess on the submarine. I shouldn't say on the person. But, that's the equivalent of the Eiffel Tower sitting on top of that little mini submarine. Inmn Yeah. And on the note of the ocean gate, do you know who the...you know, this is a Wikipedia joke, so you know, maybe there's other people, but...Do you know who the last person who was killed by a maritime invention that they created was prior to this? Brooke Maybe a Nazi submarine creator? I don't know. I'm guessing. Way randomly guessing. Inmn Thomas Andrews. who designed the Titanic. Brooke [Brooke laughing] The Titanic being like, "You shouldn't fucking come down here. Bad things happened." Cursed a bit of water. Inmn Yeah. Cursed water. Brooke So, mini submarines created by eccentric rich people who ignore standard safety protocols and the warnings from experts probably don't hop into one of those Let's move on. What else is happening in the ocean, Inmn? Inmn So, I'm sure everyone has heard about this. But there have been an increasing string of orca attacks, specifically in the Straits of Gibraltar, which is kind of off the coast of Spain. And the...So it's a big hype in the media right now, I think because of some specific things, like that they've sunk at least three boats at this point. Brooke Do orcas get big enough to sink boats? Inmn Yes. Brooke Wow. I'm bad with the size of things in the ocean. I think of them as being like dolphin size, but no, they're not. They're whale size, right? Inmn Yeah, they weighed like 11 tonnes or something. Brooke Oh lord those are big. Okay. I feel really ignorant for having confessed that to everyone. Just go ahead and laugh. It's okay. Inmn Yeah, they're big. They're big and powerful. And they're incredibly smart as well. And there's this one boat captain who's reported getting attacked by orcas twice at this point. And both times, his ship's rudder has been disabled. And that's what the orca are doing, is they're--in some cases they're sinking boats--and in other cases, they're disabling the rudders by ramming into them and breaking the mechanism. Brooke I don't know why I love that, but I kind of do. Inmn Yeah, it's very interesting. And, they're supposedly teaching each other how to do it. There's adults teaching calves how to do it. And then like the calves mimicking the ramming of the rudders. Brooke I love this. I don't know why I love this so much. Inmn Yeah, yeah, it's pretty good. And so, it's coming to prominence because of the sinking of the ships and because of the antagonism of this global boat race that goes through the Straits of Gibraltar and ships getting attacked during the race. But, can you guess how many orca attacks, or like encounters that resulted in some kind of worrisome interaction, with an orca that there have been since 2020? Brooke Since 2020? Inmn Yeah. Brooke Okay, I'm gonna guess that there's a couple hundred a year in normal times. And, I think the time frame you're giving me implies that it's worse than usual. So, 1000. Inmn Okay, I mean, you know, you're good at extrapolating disasters...[Laughing] Brooke Because that still seems extreme. What is it close? Inmn There have been over 500 recorded worrisome encounters or attacks on boats between 2020 and now. But, orcas have been attacking people and boats since the early 1900s, at least in terms of like what is recorded. There was a study done interviewing a lot of Inupiaq people in Alaska about orca interactions. And so like, you know, there are Indigenous stories of orca interactions dating back much further. And, what a lot of folks from those interviews had to say was that orcas are like, these, you know, wise and mystical creatures, but also that they hold grudges, might revenge themselves upon anyone who has harmed a whale in the past. Brooke Fuck yeah. Inmn Yeah. Which makes sense for some of the....Like, some of the orca attacks are being talked about, in the media specifically, they're like, "Yeah, it might be due to past trauma." Specifically, for this one whale named White Gladis who's supposedly the one who's teaching all of these orcas. Brooke Angry old lady orca. I love it. Inmn Yeah. But there's some kind of funny things being said about it. Like people are like, "Oh, it's from trauma." Some say it's revenge. Some cited it as a fad. And there are some people who are kind of minimizing it saying, like, "Oh, this is just a fad. Like, they're not revenging themselves upon people there. It's just a fad that they pick up and they'll drop it soon," citing examples like, in the Pacific Northwest, where for a while there was this pod of orcas that would swim around with dissembled seals on their heads. Brooke Wow. Alright. Inmn Yeah. And what's amusing about this to me is that people...I think people are just coming up with wild reasons for why animals do things. And it's like, I feel like it's almost how the news talks about like youth culture and youth uprisings. Like, there's some similar language being thrown around, Brooke Oh, my gosh. Inmn But one of the biggest underlying factors of the orca attacks in the Straits of Gibraltar could be linked to the fact that they were recently declared a critically endangered species or sub population. There's like 40 of them left in the Straits of Gibraltar. Brooke Shit, that is not a lot. Inmn I know. And so it's funny that people have this tendency to say like, "Oh, it's just a fad, or it's from past trauma." And it's like...they're a critically endangered sub population that is like, "No, fuck the chips. Like, it's messing with us." And, it is. Because, a lot of increased ship traffic leads to a lot of complications for them for hunting tuna. And, their fishing and hunting grounds are severely being messed up by boats, boat noise, and by changes in tuna migrations, which is exacerbated by warming waters. So, I think it's pretty clear they're revenging themselves upon humans for this Brooke Yeah, for sure. And, when you're talking about how few of them there are and then you put that in perspective how many attacks there have been like...Obviously, you know, there are orcas in other places, not just the Straits of Gibraltar, but if there's only 40 there--and I don't know how many of the 500 or so boat attacks are...but let's say a couple 100 of the boat attacks are in that area where there's only 40 orcas, you know? That means every orca has gone out and done like five boat attacks. [Both laughing] It's just like, once or twice a year, they're like, "Fuck these boats. I'm doing it." Inmn Yeah, yeah. Brooke And I'm here for it. Go orcas! Inmn Go Orcas. Brooke You know what else what happens when we fuck with Mother Nature? Inmn What also happens when we fuck with mother nature, Brooke? Brooke Weather. Weather weirdness and stuff going bad. For instance--you've got a better one than me--but this is a little one that I'll pitch as a warm up and then you can share your much better story. There have been storms in the Midwest and the East Coast this last week that have grounded thousands or even tens of thousands of flights. They've been delayed and canceled. So, there's however many passengers that equals--maybe it's thousands of planes and tens of thousands of passengers was the number, actually. They're, you know, stranded vacationing on the east coast, what have you, and can't get back to their homes. And, they haven't even started rescheduling flights yet. And I compared this earlier to like Climate migration. And it's obviously not quite the same thing. It's like a very temporary sort of situation in which a whole bunch of extra people are stuck in a place because of the climate preventing their ability to travel. Isn't that fun? Inmn No? Brooke No, certainly not. Yeah. I mean, it's just like not the normal time of year for there being epic storms like this that are holding up planes and causing cancellations and stuff. Inmn Yeah, yeah. Is some of that related to smoke from the wildfires in Canada? Brooke Um, you know, I didn't see any notes about it being caused by smoke. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some of that going on too. But, it was talking really specifically about major storms, rain storms, wind storms in the Midwest and east, which is like...When we hear about it in the winter and there's flights canceled, we're like, okay, yeah, winter snow, and ice means flights get canceled. But, when you hear about it in summer, it's very strange to have that going on right now. Inmn Yeah, yeah. Brooke Is there are other strange weather going on now? Inmn There's some other strange weather going on right now. So, in the southeast United States, South America, and Mexico right now there's this pretty intense heatwave going on. In Mexico alone, since March, there have been over 112 people who have died from extreme heat related complications in Mexico. Brooke Jeez. Inmn It's pretty brutal. There's large sporting events being canceled from athletes just like dropping out from heat illness. In the southeast of the US it is particularly bad with heat indexes of upwards of 120 degrees in New Orleans and Texas right now. And, a lot of these are like record heats for the areas. And notably in Texas, in Big Bend over the month, a 14 year old hiker in Big Bend died from heat related illness complications. And, his stepdad also died from heat related illness from crashing...which resulted in him crashing his car and dying while trying to get help for his stepson. Brooke Jeez. Inmn Yeah, it's awful. It's kind of brutal. And, there's kind of like critical fire conditions in New Mexico because of this. Like, I know someone who's like getting deployed to a fire pretty imminently in New Mexico. And, in contrast to this there's also wild flooding happening. Yeah, there's kind of been like an early little hurricane season in the Caribbean. And, in June there were catastrophic floods in Haiti, across the rest of the Caribbean, and in South America with catastrophic flooding in Brazil, Ecuador and Chile. Brooke So like, just south of the areas that are having the really bad heat waves, basically? Inmn Yeah. There's also this extreme flooding happening. And, some of this can be explained by a another pretty large weather shift, which is that we are officially in an El Nino weather pattern as of June Brooke An El Nino is the wet one, right? It's way too much rain. And La Nina is something else? Inmn Yeah, kind of. I spent a long time trying to understand these weather patterns and they're rather complicated. So, essentially what is going on is that there's this large amount of warm water that accumulates around Australia. And at some point, there's this big weather shift due to these like feedback loops changing. And, all of that warm water starts to move eastward. So, okay, during a La Nina event, Australia and tropical Asia experience a lot of flooding and storms and stuff. And then during an El Nino event, all of that warm water starts to shift eastward, which results in much higher surface water temperatures across the Atlantic. Which, can do a lot of it brings. It brings rain as well to the Atlantic. But, it also brings a huge amount of heat. So like during an El Nino event, there is projected to be like large increases in global temperatures and specifically in the surface water. And so typically in a La Nina event, we experience in the Atlantic a lot more hurricanes. So during an El Nino event, there's actually like a decrease in the amount of intensified hurricanes because of the trade winds that are associated with an El Nino event. They kind of like cut off the head of the hurricane before it can develop. But, due to an unprecedented heat event occurring, the heat is actually suppressing the winds and so a lot of weather scientists are unsure what's going to happen for this El Nino event because the winds that normally prevent large hurricanes might not do that anymore. But, there will be a huge increase in warm water and in the amount of water in the Atlantic so other catastrophic things could happen. Brooke Oh, good. Just what we need more catastrophic things. Inmn Yeah, and this is....I feel like I'm going to get @'ed for for some of this reporting. Go watch a YouTube video about El Nino.... [Brooke interrupts] Brooke You're not a climatologist full time. Inmn Yeah, not a climatologist. I had a really hard time deciphering a lot of this information. But yeah, that's what I got about the weather. Brooke I think it was great. And I appreciate that. Alright, one quick news topic for you if I may? Inmn Yeah, yeah. What else have you got in this list of horrifying things? Brooke Well, the United States Postal Service, USPS, is raising the price of stamps again. That's effective July 9th. So, if you happen to be listening to this before July 9th and you're someone who does a lot of mailings, run out and buy some Forever stamps because they will be only be 63 cents and you can use them for first class postage forever. Where as, starting July 9th, they're going to be 66 cents. They're gonna go up three whole cents. They're also raising the price for postcards and for international mail. Inmn Cool. I mean, you know, whatever. But... Brooke I have one more funny news story, but I can't remember if you had other stuff to share, too? Inmn I have some more stuff. I have some other headlines. But, you know, do your headlines. Brooke Oh, no, throw out one of your headlines. I want to your headlines. I just did a headline. We take turns here at Strangers. It's very important. Inmn All of my headlines are about pretty bad things happening for trans folks. Brooke Oh God, no. Inmn No, it's not a good month or a year for us. Brooke Or century. Life time. Inmn In Vancouver, BC, a husband and a wife interrupted a track and field meet literally in the middle of the shot-put event as this kid was walking up to do her turn. And this dad like literally stormed onto the field, accusing this person--who is a cis girl--ended up berating and accusing her of being trans, and how she should not be able allowed to compete, and demanded that the parents produce a birth certificate on the spot to prove that this like nine year old, this girl was, in fact, a cis girl. Brooke Don't harass children. I mean, the whole thing is kind of bananas, but what grown ass adult in their right mind thinks it's okay to walk up to like, you know--I was picturing like a high schooler, which is still not okay, but then you said a nine year old and I'm like, "What the actual fuck? Like, what's wrong with your brain?" I shouldn't say it that way. Why would you think it's okay to berate a nine year old child? A stranger that you don't know? That's just bananas. That's bananas. Inmn Yeah. All in the name of protecting children. [said with dry sarcasm] Brooke Yes, as a mother, I'm imagining if that had been my child in that situation, I would have not done well. I become kind of a mama bear with my kid. And like some stranger comes up and starts shouting at my kid, it's not gonna go well for them. And I just don't understand how anybody thinks that's okay. Inmn Yeah, and the both of them also verbally berated both of this kid's moms as being, you know, groomers and genital mutilators? Brooke Gross. Yeah, child's not even trans. Not that would be okay if they were, but it's just that extra layer of ignorance. Inmn Yeah, it does point to this larger thing, though, of like, you know--obviously, all of this heightened violence towards trans people is obviously more dangerous for trans people than it is for anyone else--But, I think that we're going to see--and this is corroborated by some more headlines that I have--that a lot of this violence is also going to be directed at other queer people. It's going to be directed at trans guys. And, a lot of it's going to be directed at cis women. Like, basically anyone who doesn't fit gender norms. Brooke Wonderful. Inmn Whether that's how they dress or how their hair is cut or otherwise. And, that was part of the provoking incident with this nine year old was that she had a pixie cut. So, she had short hair. Brooke Oh, no. I had a shaved head at that age. Like 8, 9, 10. Like, shaved. Like that's just a pixie cut, you know, little tiny baby hairs. That's how I like to wear it. And it's weird to think about how if I were nine years old today, how I might be treated. I mean, everybody thought I was weird for having a boys haircut then but like, nobody was going to come up and yell at me about, I don't know, my gender expression or anything like that. They're just like, "You're weird." And that was all. Inmn Yeah. Interesting. Do you have any other headlines? Brooke I've got one more fun story from Oregon for you. Do you want it now? Or do you want it after your evil headlines? Inmn Maybe if it's fun, maybe it's like a nice thing later? Brooke Okay, yeah, that's good. Suffering for a little bit. And then maybe I can take us out with some lols. Inmn Another notable thing that happened...this was like trending on Tik Tok a lot this past month was a like...a masc, a slightly masc presenting cis lesbian woman was actually arrested for using the bathroom designated for women. Brooke Oh, of course. Inmn Yeah. Brooke God forbid. Inmn Yeah. Which involves this dude cop like going into this bathroom and trying to shake this person down for ID, you know? To like, prove that she was in fact a cis woman. Brooke Oh, the whole bathroom thing. Inmn Ben Shapiro. I'm sure folks knew who Ben Shapiro is. Brooke A little bit. Inmn Yep. So, Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire is filming an anti-trans movie in Nashville right now. Brooke I was really hoping you were gonna say in a bathroom. Sorry. Inmn I'm sure bathrooms will get brought into this movie. Brooke Okay, and where? Nashville? Inmn Nashville Tennessee. Brooke What's it called? Inmn It's called the Coach Miracle and it is about a group of cis men who are pretending to be trans women so that they can play basketball in the Olympics. Brooke Okay. Inmn And I think I've heard that Ted Cruz was on location filming with it. And they misled...they had a bunch of misleading casting ads, which tricked a lot of queer actors into signing on to the film. Brooke Yeah, I see it. I see it now. Inmn Because it's being billed as this like queer comedy movie about basketball. But, yeah, it's pretty bad. But okay, so the one thing that I'm wondering is, does them making that movie put them in violation of Tennessee's drag ban? Brooke When the shitty laws come back around to bite the shitty people in the ass? I hope it does. Inmn Yeah, well, or Brooke I really hope it violates that law. Inmn It definitely wouldn't...like no one...None of them are going to be prosecuted for that. But, in a good bit of news, a federal judge rejected the Tennessee drag show ban as being unconstitutional. Brooke Yeah, it is. It's a First Amendment violation Inmn Yeah. So, the Tennessee drag ban is is no more. I mean, it's still in the books, but it has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Brooke Alright. Well, that's a little something to make me less, just a little bit less worried about the world. Inmn Yeah. But also the Human Rights Campaign, which I feel like I'm having like a brain fog around. I feel like the Human Rights Campaign came under heavy critique for being pretty transphobic in years past. But I can't remember a lot of things. So. But, you know, regardless, Human Rights Campaign, declared in June, what, you know, trans people have been saying for a very long time, which is that they declared a national state of emergency for trans people. Brooke Holy shit. Inmn Which, you know, I don't really understand what that means. And it's like, you know, queer and trans people have been saying the same thing for a very long time. So like, I don't really know what kind of legitimacy they're lending to it. But... Brooke Yeah, but they're like a well known entity. So them, I think, saying that like really is going to draw some important attention to what's going on that obviously, you and I are paying well attention to, but I don't know how much any of the rest of society and you know, your normal Democrats or vanilla leftist folks are really paying any attention to all of this that's going on. Inmn Yeah, yeah, that's true. But regardless of what's up with the Human Rights Campaign... And my foggy memory...Maybe they're fine? I don't know. They did put out a report recently that is this interactive document that keeps up on what laws are being introduced, what bills have been signed into law, what states there are sports bans and bathroom bans, and things like that. Pretty much all of the information to stay up to date on what's going on in your area or your surrounding area can be found in this interactive report that they put out. Brooke So, okay. Well, if you've had problems in the past, it sounds like they are catching up and making progress and starting to do some good things now. So we should always applaud when that starts to happen. Inmn Yeah. Brooke Or we can be disappointed. But it's, you know, it's good that they're getting there now. I feel like. Inmn Yeah. What's your good headline? Yeah. What's your funny news? Brooke Okay, soon New Jersey is going to be the only state in the United States where you're not allowed to pump your own gas because Oregon's legislature just passed a law saying that's going to end our very, very silly law that says you cannot pump your own gas. So, the governor still has to sign in that law--which there's no reason to think she's not going to--and then congratulations to us. When we get to a gas station, we can get out of our cars and do it ourselves. And it's hard to emphasize how ridiculous this is if you haven't, like, lived here in Oregon and then traveled to other places where you can pump your own gas, you know? I've lived in this state my whole life, but I traveled to Washington frequently. And once I crossed that state border, I pump my own gas and it's not a big deal. But, in Oregon, I mean, you don't get out of your car, right? You roll down your window and someone comes to you and takes your card and pumps your gas. And there have been a couple of times like during severe heat waves and part of COVID, in which they allowed self-service. And it was very confusing for people. You could see them when they got to the gas station that they were sitting there and like looking around and waiting. And then they realized there was a sign and then they were like, "Oh, pump my own gas," and they get out and they look at this machine like it's asking them to do calculus or something. Oh, it's gonna be so confusing and upsetting for people and I'm looking forward to it. Inmn Cool? Brooke It's just so silly that we can't. I mean, it's a law that came on the books like 70 years ago or something like that because the government was worried about, you know, people handling flammable materials and whether or not they could be responsible and safe. And, Oregon still has that law active on the books. Inmn Wow. Brooke Yeah. So this means nothing to, you know, probably 80% of our listeners, but the 20% of you who are in Oregon with me or who have lived here for a set of time, you know you're laughing. Inmn To just to frame this episode with, you know, fascists killing or harming or trying to fight other fascists. So, people might have heard, but there was an attempted coup in Russia from this group called the Wagner Group, which is a private military company of some 50,000 troops. Brooke Damn, Inmn Yeah, yeah. And it's a private military company, they're literal mercenaries. It is a company that is operated by a single person who was...It's hard for me to understand what, you know, fascists quips with other fascists are, but they were dissatisfied with the military leadership for the, you know, the invasion of Ukraine. And they were upset that they claimed that their troops were getting shelled by the larger Russian military. And so they staged a coup. They attempted to go to Moscow to specifically target this general who is in charge of the invasion of Ukraine. And that lasted about a day and there was this shady sounding deal that was brokered between Putin and Prigozhin, who's the head of the Wagner group, by the Belarusian president, I think. And the details of the deal have not been...no one knows what the details of the deal are. But, the Wagner group went from being accused of treason and like considered criminals by the Russian state to everything's fine and no one's getting in trouble. Brooke Yeah, sure. Everything's fine. Inmn So yeah, some fascists killed some other fascists. Brooke Excellent. No notes. Brooke No notes. Brooke As we started the episode, so we ended with good news. Thanks for that happy headline. Can I do the the ending thing now with the ending of the thing? Brooke Thanks so much for listening to the latest installment of This Month in the Apocalypse. We come to you as members of the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness publishing collective. We produce a few other podcasts, great zines, publish books. And, we just finished very successfully Kickstarting our first tabletop role playing game, Penumbra City. Inmn Which, as of...If you're listening on Friday, you still have until 7am on Saturday, July 1st to back this Kickstarter. Brooke So why would you want to? Inmn So this wonderful role playing game that me, and Margaret, and Robin, and Casandra have been working on for a really long time is...We Kicstarted it. It was a huge success. Thank you, everyone. So, if you back the Kickstarter now, in addition to whatever rewards you select--and there's, you know, there's rewards from digital PDFs, to a beautiful hardcover print edition of the game--you get a reduced price because it's going to be cheaper on the Kickstarter than it will be when we sell it later. Brooke That's like a 20% discount. That's awesome. Yeah. Inmn And you also get some Kickstarter exclusive swag, a sticker that won't exist after this, and access to an art print by Robin Savage, which will also not be available after the Kickstarter. You also get, if you back it now at any level, you get two additional books, which is a novella by Margaret Killjoy, and a campaign module that I'll be writing. And those are because we unlocked most of our stretch goals. You'll also get digital--and these are digital editions and like discount on print editions later--but you'll also get a digital edition of a full color map that Robin and Casandra are making. And so, you know, go check out the Kickstarter. Kickstarter, Penumbra City. It's on there. And yeah, I'm disappointed we didn't get to...[interrupted] Brooke [Finishing] The pizza party or the naked live streamed hot tub party. Inmn It was never naked. It was never going to be...[interrupted] Brooke I was gonna be naked. I don't know what you guys were gonna do. But there's still time though. Get us to that 100k mark and be naked in a hot tub for everyone and you will be happy about it. I promise. Yeah, there's a new book coming out too, that we are crazy excited about? At least I am because I got to do that editing work on it and it is phenomenal. I think I'm gonna buy like five copies, at least, from us when it comes out because I want to give it to so many people. Inmn Yeah, it is an incredible book. It's coming out. It's actually, if you go to our website anytime after listening to this, it'll be available for preorder. And that is To the Ghosts Who Are Still Living by Ami Weintraub. And it is a collection of essays written by Ami. In this collection of remarkable essays, Ami guides us on a journey to meet the ghosts of his Jewish ancestors, the people whose struggles and stories sometimes whisper and sometimes scream to be shared. Ami examines challenging questions of heartbreak, memory, restitution, and self-discovery. It is an absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking book. And, if you want to hear more about the book, what also came out today is an interview with Ami on my other podcast, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. There's a really incredible interview that he does talking about the process of creating the book and a sample chapter read by the wonderful Bea Flowers. So, go check out the book and the other podcast to hear more about it. Brooke Nice. All that great stuff is available on our website, Tangledwilderness.org. And we are also on some social media platforms and you can connect with us there. We are able to do all of these rad things because of the support of our listeners, especially because of our Patreon supporters who really provide the base monthly financials that we need in order to do our production work. So, we're incredibly grateful to our patrons. If you're interested in supporting the work, you can check out our Patreon at patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness and our lovely Patreon supporters who provide at least $20 a month get a very special shout out at the end of every podcast. We thank you Hoss the dog, Michaiah, Chris, Sam, Kirk, Eleanor, Jenipher, Staro, Cat J., Chelsea, Dana, David, Nicole, Mikki, Paige, SJ, Shawn, Hunter, theo, Boise Mutual Aid, Milica, paparouna, Aly, Jans, Paige, Janice & O'dell, Oxalice, Funder, Anonymous, BenBen, Princess Miranda, and Trixter. Thank you. Find out more at https://live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co
This episode of "Gunalchéesh!" features spoken Lingit language. In between segments of the spoken word, hear songs in the Haida, Inupiaq, Lingit, and Yupik languages. Hosted by K'yuuhlgáansii ("Place of one's own", Haida) on Lingit Aani (Tlingit land) in Sitka, Alaska. Please comment at gunalcheeshradio@gmail.com. Airs Wednesdays after the 8 PM news on KCAW Sitka and kcaw.org, (8:06 PM Alaska Time), Mondays at 1 PM on KSTK Wrangell and kstk.org, Mondays at 3 PM on KTOO Juneau and ktoo.org, Thursdays at 11 AM on KHNS Haines and khns.org, and Thursdays after the 10 PM news on KRBD Ketchikan and krbd.org. Podcast updates Fridays.
This episode of "Gunalchéesh!" features 3 conversations in the Lingit language. In between segments of the spoken word, hear songs in Haida, Inupiaq, Lingit, and Yupik. Hosted by K'yuuhlgáansii ("Place of one's own", Haida) on Lingit Aani (Tlingit land) in Sitka, Alaska. Airs Wednesdays after the 8 PM news on KCAW Sitka and kcaw.org, (8:06 PM Alaska Time), Mondays at 1 PM on KSTK Wrangell and kstk.org, Mondays at 3 PM on KTOO Juneau and ktoo.org, Thursdays at 11 AM on KHNS Haines and khns.org, and Thursdays after the 10 PM news on KRBD Ketchikan and krbd.org. Podcast updates Fridays.
This episode of "Gunalchéesh!" features 2 conversations in the Lingit language. In between segments of the spoken word, hear songs in Haida, Inupiaq, Lingit, and Yupik. Hosted by K'yuuhlgáansii ("Place of one's own", Haida) on Lingit Aani (Tlingit land) in Sitka, Alaska. Airs Wednesdays after the 8 PM news on KCAW Sitka and kcaw.org, (8:06 PM Alaska Time), Mondays at 1 PM on KSTK Wrangell and kstk.org, Mondays at 3 PM on KTOO Juneau and ktoo.org, and Thursdays after the 10 PM news on KRBD Ketchikan and krbd.org. Podcast updates Fridays.
This episode of "Gunalchéesh!" features 2 conversations in the Lingit language. In between segments of the spoken word, hear songs in Haida, Inupiaq, Lingit, and Yupik. Hosted by K'yuuhlgáansii ("Place of one's own", Haida) on Lingit Aani (Tlingit land) in Sitka, Alaska. Airs Wednesdays after the 8 PM news on KCAW Sitka and kcaw.org, (8:06 PM Alaska Time), Mondays at 1 PM on KSTK Wrangell and kstk.org, Mondays at 3 PM on KTOO Juneau and ktoo.org, and Thursdays after the 10 PM news on KRBD Ketchikan and krbd.org. Podcast updates Fridays.
In this week's episode, we are checking in with Dr. Kate Stafford about the state of the Arctic. Dr. Stafford talks about her latest trip back and what's been going on with the Bowhead whale in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, north and northwest of Alaska. Dr. Stafford talks about the rapid pace of the melting ice, and the impact this is making not only to the sweet Bowhead whale but to the Inupiaq people of Alaska. It's a chilling recounting of what she is seeing out on the melting ice. We are left with more questions than answers but one thing we know, the Bowhead whales are in trouble. We last spoke with Dr. Stafford in our previous episode #11 called The Song Birds of the Ocean. Please listen to that conversation if you haven't already. Lots of Love. Kindred is hosted by Kate Coffin and Jenn Asplundh. Please find out more info and message us at kindredpodcast.co. Follow Us Instagram @thekindredpod Facebook @thekindredpod Support us at Patreon/kindredpodcast Please follow, rate, and review. Thanks.
Now through February 24 at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center in Baton Rouge is “Preserving Our Place– A Photographic Exhibition.” This display offers visual art from native communities in coastal south Louisiana and coastal far-west Alaska, attesting to the similarities in the climate crises in the artists' native homes. For more, WRKF's Adam Vos spoke with the artists Chantel Comardelle, tribal executive secretary of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation and co-creator of the exhibit, and Dennis Davis, community artist of the native Inupiaq village of Shishmaref, Alaska. In 2020, Mardi Gras was the launching point for a surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the Gulf South. And this year – there's more in the air, like flu and RSV. Gulf States Newsroom reporter Shalina Chatlani spoke with health officials about what to expect this year and how to stay safe. But first, it's Friday and that means it's time for an update on this week in politics. The Times-Picayune | The Advocate's Editorial Director and columnist Stephanie Grace tells us how Mayor Cantrell is grappling with the challenges of crime, infrastructure, and a recall attempt, and whether or not she can regain the city's trust. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Patrick Madden. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman and Aubry Procell. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Located in the Arctic Circle, Utqiagvik, Alaska is the Northernmost town in America. And even though it's one of the least habitable places in the U.S., there are plenty of folks who call this place home. This week, host Anne Helen Petersen speaks with Kawahine Danner, a local Inupiaq artist about life in the Arctic Circle. Danner explains the misconceptions about growing up in a remote arctic village, as well as some of the more unique challenges – like insanely expensive grocery store runs, or a polar bear walking through your neighborhood.For even more HGTV content, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/townsizing to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.Find episode transcripts here: https://townsizing.simplecast.com/episodes/the-unique-challenges-of-living-in-the-arctic-circle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on a very special Christmas delivery.
Recorded by dg nanouk okpik for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 1, 2022. www.poets.org
Alice Qannik Glenn is an Inupiaq person with both NASA and podcasting on her resume. Qanu? How? Host Zorga Qaunaq was intrigued and needed to know more and so invited Alice to talk about her life, the lack of Inupiaq representation in Alaskan media and learned how it inspired her to create the Coffee and Quaq podcast. They get into a great convo about personal growth through podcasting. To listen to the Coffee & Quaq podcast: https://www.coffeeandquaq.com To follow Zorga on IG: https://www.instagram.com/heyzorgzilla To follow Alice on IG: @coffeeandquaq To follow Zorga's upcoming INUVERY podcast: https://www.instagram.com/inuverypodcast/ This episode was developed in the Intro to Digital Storytelling Program led by Good Influence Films in partnership with RBC Emerging Artists Project, Inspirit Foundation and theMastercard Foundation. To be learn more about our podcasts, guests, events and training programs: https://goodinfluencefilms.com/podsubscribe
In Episode 6, we had the pleasure of having Perseverance Theater Board Chair, Joe Bedard join us for a great conversation about our local theater and Indigenizing the theater as a whole. About our guest: Joe Bedard was born and raised in Anchorage, with an Inupiaq, Yup'ik and Cree heritage. He served in the Army as a Combat Medic, and entered the field of Information Technology in the early 90s. He's currently Senior Systems Administrator at the Alaska Native Medical Center, co-owner of Sleeping Lady Films/Waking Giant Productions, as well as co-founder of Dark Winter Productions, an Alaska Native playwright and actor group.
Priscilla Hensley is a writer and a documentarian. Before she started working on documentaries, her job history was varied — she had worked in communications and, having made a few short films herself, had some prior knowledge of filmmaking. There was also a period of time when she considered herself a poet. All these jobs have helped her to become a jack-of-all-trades. Her time in communications has helped a lot with her documentary work because so much of filmmaking is about logistics and making things happen. Her poetry has helped with her screenwriting. She says that the most important thing she's learned about screenwriting is to start. Just put the story on paper. You don't need to have great spelling, you can drop words, and you don't need to storyboard everything. Just start writing. And then, later, you can worry about editing and rewriting. Priscilla grew up recognizing and honoring her Inupiaq heritage. Her dad, William Hensley, is a key figure in Alaska Native land rights. He's known for his role in the creation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. As a result of the act, Alaska Natives retained 44 million acres of land and about 1 billion dollars to settle Indigenous land claims in Alaska. Growing up around all of this is a big reason she pursues telling the stories that she does. The first documentary she worked on, for example, was “We Up,” a film about Indigenous hip hop of the circumpolar North. It was produced by the Anchorage Museum. In addition to it being a family affair — her husband also worked on the film and their children tagged along — it introduced her to the power of filmmaking. Priscilla has tattoos that commemorate her roots and her heritage. She gets them with her cousin every time she goes back to Alaska. The most recent one is on her hand, so she sees it when she's writing or operating a camera. She says that she loves seeing her tattoos when she works because they're a visual reminder of who she is, how she wants the world to see her, and her responsibility to being true to herself, her family and her community.
Priscilla Hensley is a writer and a documentarian. Before she started working on documentaries, her job history was varied — she had worked in communications and, having made a few short films herself, had some prior knowledge of filmmaking. There was also a period of time when she considered herself a poet. All these jobs have helped her to become a jack-of-all-trades. Her time in communications has helped a lot with her documentary work because so much of filmmaking is about logistics and making things happen. Her poetry has helped with her screenwriting. She says that the most important thing she's learned about screenwriting is to start. Just put the story on paper. You don't need to have great spelling, you can drop words, and you don't need to storyboard everything. Just start writing. And then, later, you can worry about editing and rewriting. Priscilla grew up recognizing and honoring her Inupiaq heritage. Her dad, William Hensley, is a key figure in Alaska Native land rights. He's known for his role in the creation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. As a result of the act, Alaska Natives retained 44 million acres of land and about 1 billion dollars to settle Indigenous land claims in Alaska. Growing up around all of this is a big reason she pursues telling the stories that she does. The first documentary she worked on, for example, was “We Up,” a film about Indigenous hip hop of the circumpolar North. It was produced by the Anchorage Museum. In addition to it being a family affair — her husband also worked on the film and their children tagged along — it introduced her to the power of filmmaking. Priscilla has tattoos that commemorate her roots and her heritage. She gets them with her cousin every time she goes back to Alaska. The most recent one is on her hand, so she sees it when she's writing or operating a camera. She says that she loves seeing her tattoos when she works because they're a visual reminder of who she is, how she wants the world to see her, and her responsibility to being true to herself, her family and her community.
Halloween cries out like a banshee for scary stories and there are many traditional and modern Native narratives that fit the bill. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce hears some favorite stories for the season and checks in on folks whose experiences will give you goosebumps with storyteller Leeora White (Seneca); Lopaka Kapanui (Kanaka Maoli), storyteller, author, and founder of the ghost tour “Mysteries of Hawaii"; Nancy Fields (Lumbee), director and curator at The Museum of the Southeast American Indian; and Ishmael Hope (Tlingit and Inupiaq), poet, storyteller, and Indigenous scholar.
Deanne Burch is the author of Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle, a story immortalizing in vivid detail her experience with her husband Tiger on the barrier island 83 miles above the Arctic Circle. Including the ways in which the Inupiaq people supported the Burches throughout both exhilarating triumphs and agonizing tragedies. Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SUTny9 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/journey-through-fire-and-ice-deanne-burch/1138930029?ean=9781949642599 Deanne Burch: http://deanneburch.com/ Intro/outro music by: Particle House Other music by: Ooyy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield and guest Chad Aurentz crack open some caribou calls with fellow podcaster and local Alaskan multimedia sensation Alice Qannik Glenn of Coffee & Quaq Podcast High school football in Barrow, Barrow name change to “Utqiagvik”, Usnea, old man beard fire starter, Inuit war with Athabaskan's, inherent bias, diversity in East Anchorage Schools, “Native Time”, Jacqui Lambert, “ Do Dope Shit”, climate refugees, telling the truth about the past, intro into Coffee & Quaq the podcast, CB radio and a community connection, “Radio check, does anybody copy?”Harrison Schmitt the astronaut, inspiration to study astrophysics, moving to Arizona for college and the culture shock, coming back home to Alaska inspired, Eskimo vs. Inuit, doctrine of discovery, the art of story telling as a culture, stories of the 10 legged Polar Bear, weasel bear, AK Bigfoot “Invkpasuk”, ICC, Inupiaq people, criticism of the Caucasian influence in native bloodlines, evolution of blood quantum in tribal society, State bill 84 & House Bill 184, tribal compacting, Metlakatla Reservation, Alaska Native tribal tattoos & fashion, the story of “Sedna”, Alaska Native Foods & Culinary art, what's next for Alice and Coffee & Quaq tackling the hard issues (Alaska Native Homelessness) and the future www.alaskawildproject.com www.coffeeandquaq.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbYEEV6swi2yZWWuFop73LQ https://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject/
Quinn Christopherson is an Ahtna Athabascan and Inupiaq singer songwriter who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He gained national notoriety in 2019 when he won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest with a performance of his song “Erase Me” about his experiences as a transgender man. He went on to perform a Tiny Desk Concert, a popular video series of live shows in the offices of All Songs Considered. Quinn's debut album Write Your Name In Pink came out on September 16th, 2022. It features the singles Celine, 2005, and a studio version of Erase Me. ATMI producer and West High student Roey McCowan sat down with Quinn to talk about his album, putting personal experiences into his lyrics, and the impact his music has on fans. Hosted by Nico Coltrane. Music by Kendrick Whiteman. Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena'ina people, whose land we work on. Many thanks to supporters of our podcast, including Spirit of Youth and United Way of Anchorage. The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent the views of our sponsors.
Andrew Karmun Andy is from Nome Alaska.Andy is Inupiaq and Yupik.Andy is in long term recovery.On this episode Andy courageously shares his story for those still struggling. Support the show
This episode features one of Alaska's 2022 Congressional Candidate Tara Katuk Sweeney (R) and focuses on her campaign for Alaska's At-Large Congressional District which was vacated with the passing of Congressman Don Young. We get to know Tara a little more, what seat she is running for and how Alaska got here.Be sure to tune into future episodes of C&Q episode featuring Congressional candidate Mary Pelota (D) and an informational C&Q episode featuring Michelle Spark, Director of Strategic Initiatives who gives us a deep dive into Get Out the Native Vote. Happy voting, Quaqtis.Rock The Vote - 1996https://vimeo.com/100458497
Saima ChaseSaima is from Kotzebue Alaska.Saima is Inupiaq, Saami, & Finnish.She is a wife, and a mother to 3. On this episode Saima courageously shares her story for those still struggling.Support the show
Siqiniq Maupin Siqiniq is a strong Inupiaq woman. Her family is from from Nuiqsut and Utqiagvik, Alaska. She was raised in Fairbanks and Anchorage.Siqiniq has been in recovery for 5 years.On this episode Siqiniq courageously shares her story for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction.Support the show (http://www.anonymouseskimo.com)
Alice Qannik Glenn is an Inupiaq woman and podcaster from Utqiagvic, Alaska. Among her many projects, she is the host and producer for Coffee and Quaq, a series exploring the collective experience of contemporary Native life in urban Alaska. She also serves as host and producer for Resolve, a series about missing and murdered Indigenous women in Alaska. In this extended episode, ATMI producer Roey McCowan talks with Glenn about her various projects. They discuss growing up Native in Alaska, disconnection from heritage among Native people who grow up in urban areas, and how Glenn manages interviewing people about their most traumatic experiences. Hosted and music by Kendrick Whiteman. Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena'ina people, whose land we work on. Many thanks to supporters of our podcast, including Spirit of Youth and United Way of Anchorage. The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent the views of our sponsors.
Cindy JohnsonIs Inupiaq Eskimo, and part of the ASRC. Born in Fairbanks and raised in Anchorage Cindy now resides in Maryland.Cindy has been sober for 22 years.In this episode Cindy courageously shares her story for those still struggling.Support the show
For Native people in the Arctic region, the tradition of chin tattooing goes back generations, but until very recently, the tradition was not still in practice. Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone was raised in a fish camp near Nome, Alaska & from a young age, desired to more deeply connect with her Inupiaq and Kiowa traditions. In this episode, she shares her journey deciding to get a traditional chin tattoo, her family's reaction & the revitalization of the practice. She also speaks to the meaning of decolonization, the history of boarding schools & the importance of food sovereignty.Guest: https://www.instagram.com/kunaq/ | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6AlXWkiijJJrR1bEJXwy1A | https://kunaq.org/Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/
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