the sourdough adventures continue! on today’s menu: sourdough soft gingerbread cookies and cranberry sourdough steamed pudding FROM SCRATCH! like, i ground the cardamon and nutmeg myself. the dough smelled sooooo good and my sourdough starter “smokey” is around a century old

had a beautiful visitor today

i’m sitting at home watching ‘deep impact’ and i got a question for you guys: if we suddenly got breaking news and only had 1 year left on earth—what would you do and who would spend your remaining time with? and how much of your answer are you doing already?

poppy did the whalefest fun run this morning and absolutely killed it it wasn’t his best finish time—we got distracted by a whale swimming beside us—but ya boy still got big cheers as he crossed the finish line 😜

packed house for taylor white’s whalefest presentation: ‘ways of knowing: community connections with sea otters and abalone’ 🦦🦪

check out these silver fox hoops and dangles earrings! 😍

indian taco sale happening now at anb hall all proceeds will go towards supporting mount edgecumbe students affected by typhoon halong

sounds like many people are canceling travel plans this november due to the government shutdown and decreased flights nationwide as a native american who does not celebrate thanksgiving, i humbly ask that you consider donating your cancelled travel costs to native organizations in your communities

🚌 Look what else we’re doing in Wrangell! I was inspired by Sitka’s Fill the Bus event! Now we’re going to fill Breakaway Adventures’ shuttle bus next week on Thursday & give the goods to the Salvation Army Food Bank. 🥫 #AlaskaSky #Alaska #SNAP

when your play date gets cancelled because the high tide washed the road out poppy was NOT happy about missing time with his favorite lady friend

hey sitka! if you love indian tacos and supporting a good cause—there’s a frybread fundraiser on saturday to help mount edgecumbe students affected by typhoon halong 11/9, 11am-sold out, at anb hall

guys… we only have to suffer through 13 more months of this if we play our cards right, register to vote, donate, canvas, and vote in the primary and general alaskans: we need a 2/3 majority in the senate to do this—so dan sullivan has got to go next year

“Experiencing the use of food insecurity as a weapon of control by the government is nothing new to Native Americans They destroyed our food systems, then forced us to rely on government ration We didn’t “fail” to be self-sufficient, the system was built to make sure we couldn’t be”

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effective immediately—the blackfeet tribal court is allowing all defendants to pay their court fines with community contributions of food… or toys and clothes donations during the holidays this is the kind of community support that i’m here for!

wow, sitka! y’all really showed up for sitka tribe’s ‘fill the bus’ food drive on saturday 🥹 sounds like the tribe is still accepting food and $$ donations. you can drop food donations off at our admin building (204 siginaka way)

“creating joy in life is active suicide prevention” i attended the ‘youth suicide prevention training’ in sitka today and a rainbow came out while we were smudging attendees with sage it was a great way to start learning about a very heavy, yet prevalent, issue in our communities

sun poking through the clouds this morning

today i learned that bears like to use the k’alyáan totem pole as a scratching post 🐻

people in sitka work hard for their money. some have 2-3 jobs but today, ppl woke up without snap benefits or are on furlough—so sitka showed up and filled our tribe’s buses with food for them they could have spent their hard earned $$ on anything but today it went towards helping our neighbors 🥹

“Bloomberg Businessweek, working with Kotzebue radio station KOTZ, found NANA held nearly 58.1% of ICE's 8(a) contracts over the past decade, a period during which it raked in about $1.2 billion.”

it’s not trick-or-treating in alaska without xtra tufs

Akiak has gone 6 weeks without power. alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

This land return and tule elk reintroduction is a significant milestone in California's relationship with the Tule River Indian Tribe. We're taking critical steps to confront the historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land.

very kind of sea mart to do 25% off gift cards when the community is raising money to buy gift cards for people affected by the government shutdown and you can round up your change at lakeside (ac) to help the villages up north with typhoon relief

Juneau have anything going to help with people affected by SNAP and the federal shutdown? I know AFGE is doing lunches, how can the average Juneauite help?

sitka tribe of alaska has setup a gofundme to support food security for people in the community affected by the government shutdown gofund.me/78edffe6b

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update: sitka continues to show up and support the evacuated students heading to mount edgecumbe for school a cashier at the store collecting the donations told me they were the first to place a set of towels in the box i love you sitka

Holy shit, the NOAA hurricane hunters flying over Jamaica in Kermit are working without pay God, I love scientists #noaa #hurricane #melissa

my favorite flower

my tribe is using our bus system to gather food donations for those impacted by snap benefits reductions and federal layoffs on november 1st, buses will be parked in-front of every grocery store in sitka to be filled by food donations from the community

mount edgecumbe students set up a donation box at a grocery store in sitka for incoming student evacuees and it’s already full 😊 these donations are going to students evacuated from alaska native villages hit by typhoon halong

i just need everyone to know that i am the reigning undefeated battleship champion! 💪🏼 defended my crown at family game night tonight

“An informal Facebook poll in March about NANA's ICE contracts drew responses from around 100 shareholders, the majority of whom disapproved of the work.” Many Alaska Natives oppose ICE contracts conflicting with what the Alaska Native Corporations are doing alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

they’re so pretty!!

Alaska aviation is about the best there is. Please continue to spread the word and donate to www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com/donate.html for the Typhoon Dogs.

before everyone gets excited that trump authorized $25m for FEMA response for alaska… dozens of alaskan tribes/villages will need to relocate in the very near future and it will cost $200m-$250m to relocate each tribe/village the same cost as the new ballroom they’re building at the white house

alaska is special in so many ways… especially by the fact that some villages have only dogs in their communities and some villages have only cats st. paul is an example of a community with only cats (dogs are banned there to protect seal populations)

i love my community! people here in sitka already asking what we can do to help the evacuated youth heading here for school let’s all get together, put our heads together, and i know we can organize something to help these kids and their families they’re our relatives after all

On the ground reporting from devasted village of Nightmute, from the critical subsistence site of Umkumiut, and Toksook Bay. The brutal storm pushed salt water into many #subsistence fresh water areas. Many areas will have severe subsistence impacts #halong #alaska www.kyuk.org/public-safet...

forget-me-not earrings with 24k gold and swarovski crystal beads 🌸

how i feel waking up every day

TIL about the PETS Act that require including pets in disaster planning and ensures people dont have to abandon their pets during evacuations States and localities must also account for the needs of pets and service animals in their disaster plans to be eligible for certain federal funding.

“Pvt. Alan Borbridge speaks in the Yup'ik language with an evacuee from Nightmute He said he thinks it has been meaningful for some to encounter a Guard service member who can speak to them in Yupik. "They have a better understanding in their own language" 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Sitka, Alaska No Kings Day! @50501movement.bsky.social @moveon.org @womensmarch.com @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com

the u.s. flag from the land transfer from russia is in kiks.adi hands today the tlingit people, nor any other of alaska’s indigenous nations consented (or even knew) our land was being sold out from under us

no one showed up to hear alaska’s sole u.s. representative speak 🦗 🦗🦗🦗

mount edgecumbe high school’s unangax and yupik dance groups in sitka’s alaska day parade today