I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.

There is a new column up at the Alaska Dispatch, which is a paper you should check out, if you haven’t. You’ll learn a lot about the state there, politically, socially and economically.  When I was in New York the sentiment among travel writers what that we are all kind of crazy, like… well, you know, which is just not true.