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.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself  to your imagination,

calls to you like wild geese, harsh and exciting

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.

-From Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese