Coffee & Quaq

Resolve is part of an ongoing series about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Alaska created in partnership with Affinity Films, a non-profit media organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. This episode features Tara Katuk Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, designee for the Secretary of the Interior and Jean (Jeannie) Hovland, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Affairs and Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services. On November 26, 2019, President Trump signed Executive Order 13898, forming the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Task Force aims to enhance the operation of the criminal justice system and address the legitimate concerns of American Indian and Alaska Native communities regarding missing and murdered people — particularly missing and murdered women and girls. On August 26, 2020 The Operation Lady Justice task force opened up a cold case office here in Anchorage, Alaska adding to previously opened up offices in Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona since July 27. We sat down with Tara and Jeannie over maktak and quaq to hear more about the effort.

This episode explores how the unique water and sewer infrastructure operates in an Arctic environment like Utqiagvik, Alaska and how permafrost thaw and coastal erosion are affecting these systems. Alaska Natives on the Frontline is a special series of Coffee & Quaq highlighting the adaptability and resilience of the Inupiat in the face of climate change a project funded by the Putlizer Center Connected Coastlines program, done in partnership with journalist Jenna Kunze. Throughout this series we explore how aspects of life have been affected by climate change in Utqiagvik, things like subsistence whaling practices, research, anthropological work, and more.

Resolve is part of an ongoing series about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Alaska created in partnership with Affinity Films, a non-profit media organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. This episode features Britney Baier sharing her story about sex trafficking in Alaska.

This episode features Dr. Sven Haakanson and was initially recorded for a film documentary titled “The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors” that focuses on the enslavement of Indigenous peoples in what is now known as the United States. It was a project funded by a grant from the Southern Poverty Law Center through the Teaching Tolerance program and it was created in partnership with See Stories and Channel Films. "The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors" will release later on this year (date TBA), so be sure to keep an eye out!

Resolve is part of an ongoing series about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Alaska created in partnership with Affinity Films, a non-profit media organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. This episode features Amos Lane sharing his story about the brutal rape and murder of his mother Harriet Lane in Point Hope, AK.

To explore the issues surrounding Alaska Native men's health and wellness, we interview Haida/Tłingit basketball star turned community health advocate Damen Nanggaahlaangstangs Bell-Holter (Part 1) and health worker and local musician Tyler "2essentialz" Young (Part 2).

To explore the issues surrounding Alaska Native men's health and wellness, we interview Haida/Tlingit basketball star turned community health advocate Damen Nanggaahlaangstangs Bell-Holter (Part 1) and health worker and local musician Tyler "2essentialz" Young (Part 2).

To learn more about the true history of Thanksgiving and how that relates to Native people in Alaska (Part 2), we hold a live Q&A featuring Dr. E.J. Ramos David, Ayyu Qassataq, and Jacqui Igluguq Lambert and AKU-MATU performance featuring Allison Akootchook Warden in front of a live audience on November 30, 2019, at the Writer's Block in Anchorage, Alaska

To explore healthy practices and current concerns amid the COVID-19 virus pandemic in Alaska, we interview family doctor and traditional healer Dr. Allison Kelliher.

To explore themes and ideas of the book "Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait," we held a pop-up live podcast interview at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center SEED Lab with author and professor Bathsheba Demuth about her upbringing, connection to the Arctic, and goals for writing her book about the environmental history of the Bering Strait region.

To explore the non-native experience of growing up in rural Alaska, Coffee & Quaq interviews Tiffany Rosamond Creed (Part 1) and Dr. E.J. Ramos David (Part 2).

Resolve is part of an ongoing series about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Alaska created by Affinity Films, a non-profit media organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. This episode features Anna Sattler sharing her story.

To learn more about the true history of Thanksgiving and how that relates to Native people in Alaska, we interview Dr. E.J. Ramos David, Ayyu Qassataq, and Jacqui Igluguq Lambert in front of a live audience on November 30, 2019 at the Writer's Block in Anchorage, Alaska.

This live episode focuses on how museums and media influence the Alaska Native narrative.

To explore the non-native experience of growing up in rural Alaska, for Part 1 we interview Tiffany Rosamond Creed.

This episode is the continued conversation with Warren Maaruk Jones about Northern Philosophy focused on AK native traditions, awareness, yuuyaraq, cultural evolution, the traditional men’s house, and religion.

To explore his Northern Philosophy, Coffee & Quaq interviews Warren Maaruk Jones.

To explore what it means to be colonized, and how or why this has been detrimental to Alaska Native life; to explore the Alaska Native history with colonization; and to explore Alaska Native resiliency and how we can mend relationships with ourselves and with non-Natives, Coffee & Quaq interviews Ayyu Qassataq and Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle.

Coffee & Quaq interviews artist and Curator of Contemporary Indigenous Art & Culture, Melissa Shaginoff and artist and co-owner of Trickster Company, Crystal Kaakeeyáa Worl to explore what cultural appropriation means for Alaska Native culture and Alaska Native artists.

This episode explores how Alaska Native people identify themselves versus how non-natives identify Native people.