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.

 Kyle Fossman is the Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. (!) (I’m trying to control the exclamation points, but the Glacier Bears  make that really hard.) His mother told me it is a big deal. I believe her. The team flies to Juneau tonight, and will be on the 7:00 am ferry home, so they should arrive around 11:30 tomorrow (Friday) morning. Be there with horns honking and wearing school colors. I hope the school band comes on a fire truck. I love it when that happens.  Now I really do have to write that column for the Dispatch.