by Lisa Alexia | May 16, 2019 | Freedom and Security, Reviews of Books and Other Media
Fighter in Velvet Gloves is “a true story for young teens about Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich” By Annie Boochever with Roy Peratrovich Jr., published February 16, 2019 by Snowy Owl Books, (University of Alaska Fairbanks Press). ...
by Lisa Alexia | Feb 16, 2019 | Our Health: Body, Mind & Spirit, Reviews of Books and Other Media
Starting a Fire: Bringing Light to the Dark, by Tia Wakolee ©2018 (Note: Article updated July 1, 2020 to reflect current information about how to obtain the book). Tia Wakolee has done a brave and necessary thing. She has shared her stories with the world as a step in...
by Lisa Alexia | Jan 2, 2019 | Our Health: Body, Mind & Spirit, Reviews of Books and Other Media
Nearly twenty years ago, while preparing to move to remote Alaska with my first husband, my stepmother asked me “How can you even think about moving so far away from your family and other people you love?” At the time, the calculus of my love for and...
by Lisa Alexia | May 27, 2018 | Our Northern Neighbors, Reviews of Books and Other Media
Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir by Thomas Pecore WesoWisconsin Historical Society Press, © 2016 Indigenous Anthropology of the Upper Midwest: Wild Rice People Wild rice is a storied and staple grain throughout the upper midwest. The tribal name...
by Lisa Alexia | Apr 27, 2018 | Our Communities, Reviews of Books and Other Media |
Menadelook: An Inupiat Teacher’s Photographs of Alaska Village Life, 1907-1932, Edited by Eileen Norbert.©Sealaska Heritage Institute. Published by University of Washington Press, 2017. Grandaughter of Menadelook Documents His LegacyEileen Norbert has raised the bar...