When I was taking this my sis said “This is a perfect #hoahoa moon.” So I had to. #hoahoaseason

Watching a deceased whale get towed out of our “backyard” wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025. We were grateful the coast guard came to tow it away as this was about 2.5 hours from a high tide that was pushing straight to our house. No official word on cause of death, but lots of speculation.

Gorgeous, BRIGHT rainbow today 🌈

An adapted story of Fog Woman appears in one of the episodes of #mollyofdenali out this week, and boooyyyyy was I nervous about how it would look when all finished. But it turned out beautiful!

Amidst tough public broadcasting news and outlooks in recent days, we can still celebrate the work we did and usher this last season of stories out with pride. Four new episodes - eight new stories! - of Molly of Denali are airing this week on PBS and they’re almost entirely Indigenous-written! 💪🏽

PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

We’re used to the neighborhood seal calmly bobbing along and watching us. But today he wanted to make a big splash! #alaska

This seal was fixated on Joe! Despite getting skunked, it was a nice night of fishing. 🎣

I timed it - this took me 20 SECONDS! A legislative aid in D.C. told us that representatives absolutely can be impacted by call-ins and emails from their constituents. CONTACT INFO: Senate - www.senate.gov/senators/sen... House- www.house.gov/representati...

Likoodzí!

Friday nights around here are LIT! 💃🏽🪩🍾

This is something we’re keenly aware of in Alaska - how important public broadcasting is to both our rural and urban communities. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/6/npr-a...

Hey that’s me! I’m the author! Hope to see you at Title Wave for my book talk on “Alaska Native Resilience” in Anchorage tomorrow Wednesday June 25 at 5:30pm 🗃️ #Alaskasky #skystorians Book published by: @uwapress.bsky.social

My now-annual repost for summer solstice - just a look at Alaska’s “midnight sun.” It looks different here in Juneau, and even lighter the more north you get than where this was filmed in Anchorage. Happy Solstice! #summersolstice #alaska

Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers' Prize now open for horror writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The winner will receive a publishing contract with a £10,000 advance, and representation by an agent Link here www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis... Please share :)

Please call your representatives this morning! #ourstoriesmatter #protectmypublicmedia

LOOKIT THIS

After years of development and two weeks of our third workshop, we finally heard the full Tlingit opera for the first time ever! 🎉👏🏽 Followed by the second and third performances, with invited guests. Lots of work still to go, but woohoo! We got an opera, folks!

“The members of the 34th Alaska State Legislature celebrate and honor the work of Vera Starbard, Alaska State Writer Laureate.” I received a legislative citation today, sponsored and presented by Sen. Jesse Kiehl. Gunalchéesh! Now, Alaska, let’s go create more beautiful stories!

Books that explore the multiplicity of Indigenous experiences and the common threads that connect them.

First week of Tlingit opera workshop #3 is in the books! It was a looooot but it’s really taking shape. This week we covered Lingít language, Lingít movement plans, the history of the battles of Sitka, got a feel for the action happening in the libretto, and of course lots and lots of vocal work.

Day one of our final(?) workshop for the #Tlingit #opera! Two weeks of creative work, cultural diving, and amazing artists ahead. And fyi this stage today was just an #Indigenous POWERHOUSE! 💪🏽💪🏽

We’re painting our media room black and Joe did a test run today to see how it dries. But unfortunately he’s actually created a void into some hellish dimension and things will not be going well for us tonight. If it gets any stormier out… it was nice knowing ya.

Since moving back to Juneau, each year I’ve tried to challenge myself a bit more by living off our land and learning (or re-learning) the seasonal cycle of gathering, fishing, etc. This year one of the goals was to harvest #sprucetips and make some spruce tip extract/tincture. #alaska #tlingit

This is how I wrote an entire play avoiding writing the play that was due.

The sun dared to show her face today and made for a perfect drive out to the Alaska Robotics Gallery Comic Camp. The conversation with all these amazing artists was so good - what a great space and event!

So how do we write for an animated children’s program, anyways? It was super fun nerding out on process, explaining the steps of episode writing for #MollyofDenali today at the Alaska Robotics Gallery Mini-Con with @xhunei.bsky.social and Waatsasdiyei Apayuk Yates.

NDN girls book club visited TCLL today and all the kids (and parents) got to pick out some books by Native authors. They’ll be traveling throughout Southeast Alaska distributing books!

Hey Juneau friends! Hope to see you at the Alaska Robotics Mini-Con event at the Alaska State Museum. X’unei Lance Twitchell, Waatsasdiyei Apayuk Yates, and I will be presenting from 2-3 pm on writing for Molly of Denali, Saturday, May 17th. minicon.alaskarobotics.com/2025-schedul...

Native book nerd alert! Joe and I were watching “Paradise” on Hulu and spotted this library display of heavily Indigenous-focused books. So of course we had to spend the next 20 minutes trying to identify all of them through pixalation and fast-moving James Marsden tracking. Our finds:

Later on plantation lovers will be sad over the "Loss of history" but won't actually mention the history of the plantation

Justice Jackson nails where we are right now: “Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.” 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

Toulouse can fllyyyyyy

Dzantik’i Heeni

So we’re all watching Rogue One immediately, followed by the original trilogy, right? Like… tonight?

Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture

The rare sunny day meant time to finally plant the Tlingit potatoes! 😮‍💨 Nervous about them but many #Tlingit have reassured me they will be fine. 🤞🏽

When @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social was in town a few days ago, we had to take the opportunity for a Molly of Denali writers gathering at my place! Tea and tea was shared. 😌 @xhunei.bsky.social #mollyofdenali

She always chooses the most comfy sleeping spots.

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited Good morning, friends! It only takes one person to start a movement and to make a difference. What might seem to be a very small action can spark a change that ripples outwards and has a remarkable influence. #MakeChanges #BlazeATrail #BeAPioneer

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Of the many actions you could take on the complex issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, a simple but collectively powerful one is how you can engage with media reports on #MMIW - especially social media. (1/4)

Two new Molly of Denali episodes out today! “Mother’s Day Mission” written by JohnTom Knight (Cherokee) and “Dléit Yéil” by @sydneyhulse.bsky.social (Tlingit.) You can watch them as they air on your local @pbs.org or @thepbskidskid.bsky.social station, free on the PBS KIDS app, or pay on Amazon.

Joe and I hope you’re enjoying this intergalactic holiday.