Isiik, Ph.D
@isiik907.bsky.social
Alutiiq/Sugpiaq scholar, museum director, interested in language & cultural revitalization, Native arts authenticity, repatriation, and dogs.
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Also (and this goes out to @gelliottmorris.com, @alaskasurvey.bsky.social and other pollers), the only politician with a higher favorable rating in Alaska than Donald Trump is Mary Peltola? www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/8/...
Mary Peltola Would Be Front-Runner for Alaska Governor
Peltola trails Sullivan in a hypothetical Alaska Senate race, but would be the leading candidate for Governor.
www.dataforprogress.org
August 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Also (and this goes out to @gelliottmorris.com, @alaskasurvey.bsky.social and other pollers), the only politician with a higher favorable rating in Alaska than Donald Trump is Mary Peltola? www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/8/...
There should be an upvote/boost ⬆️ button rather than a ♥️ button on Bluesky because I’m having trouble ♥️-ing some of this stuff
April 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
There should be an upvote/boost ⬆️ button rather than a ♥️ button on Bluesky because I’m having trouble ♥️-ing some of this stuff
One of my favorites
John William Waterhouse, Miranda—The Tempest. 1916.
March 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One of my favorites
Needing to limit my time on all social media. I tried to follow a bunch of food and flower accounts but it’s just not enough. So here is a cute #dog offering. Keep your head above water, I’ll
be back around
be back around
February 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Needing to limit my time on all social media. I tried to follow a bunch of food and flower accounts but it’s just not enough. So here is a cute #dog offering. Keep your head above water, I’ll
be back around
be back around
Once when I was a 12 year old commercial fisherman, instead of handing the bow rope to the deckhand on the tender I reached out my hand. 🤦🏻♀️ 33 years later I’m still so embarrassed
February 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Once when I was a 12 year old commercial fisherman, instead of handing the bow rope to the deckhand on the tender I reached out my hand. 🤦🏻♀️ 33 years later I’m still so embarrassed
When the news first came out that Buffy Saints Marie might be a #Pretendian I remember commenting “How could they do this to Buffy?”But then I thought, I need to be responsible and watch the documentary. It was absolutely shattering. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by governor general
No reason was given but it comes after a 2023 CBC investigation raised serious doubts about the singer's claims to Indigenous identity.
nationalpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
When the news first came out that Buffy Saints Marie might be a #Pretendian I remember commenting “How could they do this to Buffy?”But then I thought, I need to be responsible and watch the documentary. It was absolutely shattering. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.
A number of my community members are quoted in this important article. My own family stopped fishing in the 1990s but my roots will always touch the ocean. #AlaskaSky #IndigiSky #NativeSky
From Northern Journal: Once, Alaska Native fishing fleets thrived in Gulf of Alaska villages. Now, Ouzinkie’s last commercial skipper wonders if he’ll be the end of the line.
The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets - The Alaska Current
A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many…
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A number of my community members are quoted in this important article. My own family stopped fishing in the 1990s but my roots will always touch the ocean. #AlaskaSky #IndigiSky #NativeSky
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Summary: The lying sacks of shit lied.
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Summary: The lying sacks of shit lied.
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BREAKING: Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/Y1mfPW5B
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/Y1mfPW5B
Contact Your Members of Congress
social.demcast.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/Y1mfPW5B
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/Y1mfPW5B
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I love to see this! It SHOULD be taken seriously. Too many non Native refer to their art as Native, faking their Indigenaity or using family lore. His was just outright fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
www.nhonews.com/news/man-con...
www.nhonews.com/news/man-con...
Man convicted for selling fake Hopi jewelry, defrauding buyers of $400K
A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted Robert Haack on multiple counts of fraud and violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) for selling counterfeit jewelry falsely
www.nhonews.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I love to see this! It SHOULD be taken seriously. Too many non Native refer to their art as Native, faking their Indigenaity or using family lore. His was just outright fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
www.nhonews.com/news/man-con...
www.nhonews.com/news/man-con...
It’s been almost 2 years now since he passed but I still mourn Mohawk. He was a sled dog rescue from North Pole. Deeply traumatized, it took him years to allow men to pet him. Around age 9 he became an inside dog and started warming to all people. #RescueDog #AlaskanHusky #Sleddog
February 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s been almost 2 years now since he passed but I still mourn Mohawk. He was a sled dog rescue from North Pole. Deeply traumatized, it took him years to allow men to pet him. Around age 9 he became an inside dog and started warming to all people. #RescueDog #AlaskanHusky #Sleddog
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🚨 Resistant mental health symptoms + unexplained allergic/inflammatory issues? It might not be “just in your head.”
🧠 MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) can cause a myriad of symptoms. See graphic.
🔗 Learn more: tmsforacure.org
#MCAS #ChronicIllness #Neuroinflammation #MentalHealth
🧠 MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) can cause a myriad of symptoms. See graphic.
🔗 Learn more: tmsforacure.org
#MCAS #ChronicIllness #Neuroinflammation #MentalHealth
January 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🚨 Resistant mental health symptoms + unexplained allergic/inflammatory issues? It might not be “just in your head.”
🧠 MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) can cause a myriad of symptoms. See graphic.
🔗 Learn more: tmsforacure.org
#MCAS #ChronicIllness #Neuroinflammation #MentalHealth
🧠 MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) can cause a myriad of symptoms. See graphic.
🔗 Learn more: tmsforacure.org
#MCAS #ChronicIllness #Neuroinflammation #MentalHealth
Tough day for my nonprofit. We have few direct federal grants but do a lot of contractual work on other orgs’ federal grants. So roughly half of our budget for 2025 is in question. #AlaskaSky #Nonprofit #NativeSky
January 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tough day for my nonprofit. We have few direct federal grants but do a lot of contractual work on other orgs’ federal grants. So roughly half of our budget for 2025 is in question. #AlaskaSky #Nonprofit #NativeSky
I saw this photo on Reddit (u/shy-latte) a while back and was startled because I thought it was me sitting at the table. I also thought it was a painting but I believe it is a photo. #portrait #doppleganger
January 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I saw this photo on Reddit (u/shy-latte) a while back and was startled because I thought it was me sitting at the table. I also thought it was a painting but I believe it is a photo. #portrait #doppleganger
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For those of you who haven't read the executive order about Alaska, it does a lot more than open ANWR to drilling and renaming Denali. They are going to revisit ANCSA, which gave lands back to Alaska Natives and was settled in 1971.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
For those of you who haven't read the executive order about Alaska, it does a lot more than open ANWR to drilling and renaming Denali. They are going to revisit ANCSA, which gave lands back to Alaska Natives and was settled in 1971.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I’m so grateful for this little guy who reminds me to smile. He came from a high-kill shelter and spent time on the streets near LA. He is so completely psyched to be alive and to be with us here in #Alaska. #DogsofBlueSky
January 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m so grateful for this little guy who reminds me to smile. He came from a high-kill shelter and spent time on the streets near LA. He is so completely psyched to be alive and to be with us here in #Alaska. #DogsofBlueSky
Trying not to get overwhelmed with despair over here
a bald man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and covering his mouth with his hand .
ALT: a bald man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and covering his mouth with his hand .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trying not to get overwhelmed with despair over here
Snuuwikuutam! Happy New Year! #NativeSky #AlaskaSky
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 – Ringing in the Orthodox New Year in Alaska » Native America Calling
The Orthodox New Year in Alaska is a mix of seal meat, tea cakes, and Alaska Native and Slavonic languages. It’s a cultural blend more than 150 years after Russia formally withdrew from what would bec...
www.nativeamericacalling.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Snuuwikuutam! Happy New Year! #NativeSky #AlaskaSky
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ISLANDERS:
Hawaiʻi, St. Lawrence Island, etc.
Expect delays for household goods being shipped through Matson & other shipping services. All resources will be focused on CA, they're first priority. Including shippers that have also lost their homes. Pass it on.
#Hawaii #Alaska
Hawaiʻi, St. Lawrence Island, etc.
Expect delays for household goods being shipped through Matson & other shipping services. All resources will be focused on CA, they're first priority. Including shippers that have also lost their homes. Pass it on.
#Hawaii #Alaska
January 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Let’s be real, Pogo. Were you climbing on the table in the middle of the night again? (Pogo is 12)
January 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Let’s be real, Pogo. Were you climbing on the table in the middle of the night again? (Pogo is 12)