Isiik, Ph.D

Mary Peltola Would Be Front-Runner for Alaska Governor Peltola trails Sullivan in a hypothetical Alaska Senate race, but would be the leading candidate for Governor.

Also (and this goes out to @gelliottmorris.com, @alaskasurvey.bsky.social and other pollers), the only politician with a higher favorable rating in Alaska than Donald Trump is Mary Peltola? www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/8/...

There should be an upvote/boost ⬆️ button rather than a ♥️ button on Bluesky because I’m having trouble ♥️-ing some of this stuff

A gray and white Siberian husky appears frozen with his mouth open, captured mid yawn.

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One of my favorites

Quote: “We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.” -Malala Yousafzai

Two husky type dogs, one out of focus in the background and one close to the photographer, looking happily into the camera.

Needing to limit my time on all social media. I tried to follow a bunch of food and flower accounts but it’s just not enough. So here is a cute #dog offering. Keep your head above water, I’ll
be back around

I recommend taking the “Grocier’s Quotes” off of Tribes.

Once when I was a 12 year old commercial fisherman, instead of handing the bow rope to the deckhand on the tender I reached out my hand. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 33 years later I’m still so embarrassed

I felt almost ashamed or complicit. Was I naive? Should I have been able to tell somehow?

Then a person whom I had looked up to for years as a successful Native academic, turned out to be a pretendian as well. Having come from rural Alaska where it is almost unheard of to fake Native heritage, I just didn’t know how to handle it. TBH I still don’t.

Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by governor general No reason was given but it comes after a 2023 CBC investigation raised serious doubts about the singer's claims to Indigenous identity.

When the news first came out that Buffy Saints Marie might be a #Pretendian I remember commenting “How could they do this to Buffy?”But then I thought, I need to be responsible and watch the documentary. It was absolutely shattering. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

A number of my community members are quoted in this important article. My own family stopped fishing in the 1990s but my roots will always touch the ocean. #AlaskaSky #IndigiSky #NativeSky

Summary: The lying sacks of shit lied.

“When belief in the viability of an aspirational lifestyle is destroyed, people no longer fear loss.”” — Shield (The Delphic Dame Book 3) by Jenny Schwartz

Contact Your Members of Congress

BREAKING: Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.

This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.

#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/Y1mfPW5B

Man convicted for selling fake Hopi jewelry, defrauding buyers of $400K A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted Robert Haack on multiple counts of fraud and violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) for selling counterfeit jewelry falsely

I love to see this! It SHOULD be taken seriously. Too many non Native refer to their art as Native, faking their Indigenaity or using family lore. His was just outright fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

www.nhonews.com/news/man-con...

A close up photo of a black and white husky dog’s face. The dog looks soulfully into the camera with his deep brown eyes.

I bonded with him because his fear was so immense and yet he trusted me. He grew from a terrified animal into a sweet and friendly old dog, and I’m not sure if many people know how much older dogs can change. That old aphorism is not accurate. #DogsOfBluesky

It’s been almost 2 years now since he passed but I still mourn Mohawk. He was a sled dog rescue from North Pole. Deeply traumatized, it took him years to allow men to pet him. Around age 9 he became an inside dog and started warming to all people. #RescueDog #AlaskanHusky #Sleddog

🚨 Resistant mental health symptoms + unexplained allergic/inflammatory issues? It might not be “just in your head.”

🧠 MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) can cause a myriad of symptoms. See graphic.

🔗 Learn more: tmsforacure.org

#MCAS #ChronicIllness #Neuroinflammation #MentalHealth

Like many other nonprofit leaders I spent the day in crisis planning, Board updates, and identifying the non-federal projects that staff could work on until we know more.

Tough day for my nonprofit. We have few direct federal grants but do a lot of contractual work on other orgs’ federal grants. So roughly half of our budget for 2025 is in question. #AlaskaSky #Nonprofit #NativeSky

I saw this photo on Reddit (u/shy-latte) a while back and was startled because I thought it was me sitting at the table. I also thought it was a painting but I believe it is a photo. #portrait #doppleganger

(xvi) immediately review all Department of the Interior guidance regarding the taking of Alaska Native lands into trust and all Public Land Orders withdrawing lands for selection by Alaska Native Corporations to determine if any such agency action should be revoked to ensure the Department of the Interior’s actions are consistent with the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-508), the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), the Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act (Public Law 108-452), and the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program under section 1629g-1 of title 43, United States Code.

For those of you who haven't read the executive order about Alaska, it does a lot more than open ANWR to drilling and renaming Denali. They are going to revisit ANCSA, which gave lands back to Alaska Natives and was settled in 1971.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

One of my dreams is to open a husky sanctuary someday!

A gray and white husky dog stands above an Alaskan beach with beautiful mountains and ocean in the background

I’m so grateful for this little guy who reminds me to smile. He came from a high-kill shelter and spent time on the streets near LA. He is so completely psyched to be alive and to be with us here in #Alaska. #DogsofBlueSky

a bald man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and covering his mouth with his hand . ALT: a bald man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and covering his mouth with his hand .

Trying not to get overwhelmed with despair over here

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 – Ringing in the Orthodox New Year in Alaska » Native America Calling The Orthodox New Year in Alaska is a mix of seal meat, tea cakes, and Alaska Native and Slavonic languages. It’s a cultural blend more than 150 years after Russia formally withdrew from what would bec...

Snuuwikuutam! Happy New Year! #NativeSky #AlaskaSky

ISLANDERS:
Hawaiʻi, St. Lawrence Island, etc.
Expect delays for household goods being shipped through Matson & other shipping services. All resources will be focused on CA, they're first priority. Including shippers that have also lost their homes. Pass it on.
#Hawaii #Alaska