David Leslie
@kenske.bsky.social
A queer Iñupiaq Inuit in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dancer, choreographer, actor, producer, filmmaker and fire spinner.
Dancer, choreographer, actor, producer, filmmaker and fire spinner.
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Hundreds of Anchorage students walk out of class as part of nationwide protest against ICE 👉 https://tinyurl.com/mzxtnj3p
January 31, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Hundreds of Anchorage students walk out of class as part of nationwide protest against ICE 👉 https://tinyurl.com/mzxtnj3p
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Two grassroots protests in Anchorage drew hundreds of participants Friday who decried the actions of ICE officers and the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the U.S.
‘Heartbroken and furious’: Anchorage nurses and students protest ICE actions
Health care workers say they were galvanized to speak out after federal agents shot and killed intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
www.adn.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Two grassroots protests in Anchorage drew hundreds of participants Friday who decried the actions of ICE officers and the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the U.S.
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Read this. By @kenske.bsky.social
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people
As outrage escalates over fatal shootings by federal agents, calls from shareholders to cut ICE contracts are growing.
www.adn.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Read this. By @kenske.bsky.social
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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✊🏼 Well stated @kenske.bsky.social
Read this. By @kenske.bsky.social
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people
As outrage escalates over fatal shootings by federal agents, calls from shareholders to cut ICE contracts are growing.
www.adn.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 PM
✊🏼 Well stated @kenske.bsky.social
I have an op-ed in today's Anchorage Daily News about how dangerous Alaska Native Corporations' ICE contracts are.
Opinion: Alaska Native corporations’ ICE contracts endanger all Indigenous people
As outrage escalates over fatal shootings by federal agents, calls from shareholders to cut ICE contracts are growing.
www.adn.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I have an op-ed in today's Anchorage Daily News about how dangerous Alaska Native Corporations' ICE contracts are.
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ICE and CBP agents are out of control and put everyone in danger.
We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
ICE and CBP agents are out of control and put everyone in danger.
We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
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Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
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Today, a second person was shot and killed in Minneapolis by ICE.
Video from the scene is deeply disturbing. What I saw does not look like de-escalation. It looks like force escalating into deadly violence.
Video from the scene is deeply disturbing. What I saw does not look like de-escalation. It looks like force escalating into deadly violence.
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Today, a second person was shot and killed in Minneapolis by ICE.
Video from the scene is deeply disturbing. What I saw does not look like de-escalation. It looks like force escalating into deadly violence.
Video from the scene is deeply disturbing. What I saw does not look like de-escalation. It looks like force escalating into deadly violence.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
The mid to long term game plan for Alaska Native Corporation organizing is a big, and scary, ask, but the sooner it happens, the sooner shareholders like me can go from protesting to advocating for specific demands to prevent this from ever happening again.
We need to figure out how to properly propose bylaw, policy or procedure changes at each corporation, help writing language to stop these contracts, then organize shareholders of each one to get the proposals brought to a vote.
+find other shareholders to call protests and help them make it happen.
+find other shareholders to call protests and help them make it happen.
December 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The mid to long term game plan for Alaska Native Corporation organizing is a big, and scary, ask, but the sooner it happens, the sooner shareholders like me can go from protesting to advocating for specific demands to prevent this from ever happening again.
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Is there any turmoil over Alaska Native Corporations and their disgusting ICE contracts? We hear so little about this and it’s been going on for years. They are loving the money in 2025. #akleg
A Native American tribe in Kansas is facing criticism from other tribal groups after its economic development subsidiary secured a $29.9m federal contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to design potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Kansas Native American tribe in turmoil over deal to design ICE facilities
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation signed deal in October, but president says tribe is now trying to exit contract
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Is there any turmoil over Alaska Native Corporations and their disgusting ICE contracts? We hear so little about this and it’s been going on for years. They are loving the money in 2025. #akleg
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December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Made the front page of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner today. I also have a letter to the editor about NANA.
These ICE contracts use the same violence inflicted on Alaska Natives during the boarding school era- separating families and denying access to language and culture.
It is white supremacy.
These ICE contracts use the same violence inflicted on Alaska Natives during the boarding school era- separating families and denying access to language and culture.
It is white supremacy.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Made the front page of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner today. I also have a letter to the editor about NANA.
These ICE contracts use the same violence inflicted on Alaska Natives during the boarding school era- separating families and denying access to language and culture.
It is white supremacy.
These ICE contracts use the same violence inflicted on Alaska Natives during the boarding school era- separating families and denying access to language and culture.
It is white supremacy.
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The Republican Women of Fairbanks PAC is the biggest political spender in our local elections. Spoiler: their top donors are mostly men. It’s funded by the owners Chena Hot Springs and Sunrise Bagel & Espresso.
❌ Boycott big MAGA corps (Amazon, Spotify, Walmart, etc) AND local MAGA money. #AkLeg
❌ Boycott big MAGA corps (Amazon, Spotify, Walmart, etc) AND local MAGA money. #AkLeg
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Republican Women of Fairbanks PAC is the biggest political spender in our local elections. Spoiler: their top donors are mostly men. It’s funded by the owners Chena Hot Springs and Sunrise Bagel & Espresso.
❌ Boycott big MAGA corps (Amazon, Spotify, Walmart, etc) AND local MAGA money. #AkLeg
❌ Boycott big MAGA corps (Amazon, Spotify, Walmart, etc) AND local MAGA money. #AkLeg
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@kenske.bsky.social is one of the strongest moral voices in Fairbanks. He speaks truth to power. Every time.
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
NANA must not make white supremacy an Iñupiaq value
To the editor: NANA Regional Corporation and its subsidiary, Akima, have been in the news many times this year for allegations of human rights violations.
www.newsminer.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@kenske.bsky.social is one of the strongest moral voices in Fairbanks. He speaks truth to power. Every time.
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
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Upcoming #Fairbanks events—
🍎 Food security town hall & food drive, Saturday, Nov. 22
📢 Protest outside Dan Sullivan’s fundraiser, Monday, Nov. 24
💰 Boycott Black Friday: protest and food drive, Friday, Nov. 28
#AlaskaSky #AkLeg #Alaska
🍎 Food security town hall & food drive, Saturday, Nov. 22
📢 Protest outside Dan Sullivan’s fundraiser, Monday, Nov. 24
💰 Boycott Black Friday: protest and food drive, Friday, Nov. 28
#AlaskaSky #AkLeg #Alaska
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Upcoming #Fairbanks events—
🍎 Food security town hall & food drive, Saturday, Nov. 22
📢 Protest outside Dan Sullivan’s fundraiser, Monday, Nov. 24
💰 Boycott Black Friday: protest and food drive, Friday, Nov. 28
#AlaskaSky #AkLeg #Alaska
🍎 Food security town hall & food drive, Saturday, Nov. 22
📢 Protest outside Dan Sullivan’s fundraiser, Monday, Nov. 24
💰 Boycott Black Friday: protest and food drive, Friday, Nov. 28
#AlaskaSky #AkLeg #Alaska
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President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act — for years.
Now, those plans might be playing out.
Now, those plans might be playing out.
Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act — for years. Now, those plans might be playing out.
akpub.io
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act — for years.
Now, those plans might be playing out.
Now, those plans might be playing out.
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Happy Halloween! It’s scary year round with this clown in office...#907initiative #YesManDan #SullivanShutdown #Alaska
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Happy Halloween! It’s scary year round with this clown in office...#907initiative #YesManDan #SullivanShutdown #Alaska
I'm mentioned in this. Previous dividends weren't even enough to pay my rent. This round is, but not by a lot.
But none of it is worth human rights violations. @humanrightswatch.bsky.social has called our Akima's ICE facilities, this is documented and being ignored by NANA leadership and AFN.
But none of it is worth human rights violations. @humanrightswatch.bsky.social has called our Akima's ICE facilities, this is documented and being ignored by NANA leadership and AFN.
Some shareholders of NANA Regional Corporation say the profit from its contract work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — nearly $1.2 billion over the past decade — aren't worth the human toll.
Some Alaska Native corporation shareholders say profits from ICE contracts not worth human toll
As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues, allegations of human rights abuses have led to calls from some NANA shareholders to get out of the immigrant detention business.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I'm mentioned in this. Previous dividends weren't even enough to pay my rent. This round is, but not by a lot.
But none of it is worth human rights violations. @humanrightswatch.bsky.social has called our Akima's ICE facilities, this is documented and being ignored by NANA leadership and AFN.
But none of it is worth human rights violations. @humanrightswatch.bsky.social has called our Akima's ICE facilities, this is documented and being ignored by NANA leadership and AFN.
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“Bloomberg Businessweek, working with Kotzebue radio station KOTZ, found NANA held nearly 58.1% of ICE's 8(a) contracts over the past decade, a period during which it raked in about $1.2 billion.”
Some shareholders of NANA Regional Corporation say the profit from its contract work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — nearly $1.2 billion over the past decade — aren't worth the human toll.
Some Alaska Native corporation shareholders say profits from ICE contracts not worth human toll
As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues, allegations of human rights abuses have led to calls from some NANA shareholders to get out of the immigrant detention business.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Bloomberg Businessweek, working with Kotzebue radio station KOTZ, found NANA held nearly 58.1% of ICE's 8(a) contracts over the past decade, a period during which it raked in about $1.2 billion.”
In April 2023, PJ Simon signed a $50,000 contract with AIDEA to push for the Ambler road project, just fyi.
Are Alaska's critical minerals worth the cost of extraction? Locals weigh in
The Ambler Road would give mining companies access to a vast trove of untapped copper, cobalt and rare-earth minerals, but environmental groups and some Alaska Natives oppose the project.
www.wbur.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In April 2023, PJ Simon signed a $50,000 contract with AIDEA to push for the Ambler road project, just fyi.
Seeing the community work together to feed people as SNAP benefits get closer to lapsing is reminiscent of the Great Depression.
I suggest we call this era the Great Suppression.
I suggest we call this era the Great Suppression.
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Seeing the community work together to feed people as SNAP benefits get closer to lapsing is reminiscent of the Great Depression.
I suggest we call this era the Great Suppression.
I suggest we call this era the Great Suppression.
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"Trump's Unlikely ICE Detention Giant Is an Alaska Native Company -
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values.
Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values.
Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump’s Unlikely ICE Detention Giant Is an Alaska Native Company
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values. Some shareholders say its role in the president’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that.
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Trump's Unlikely ICE Detention Giant Is an Alaska Native Company -
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values.
Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values.
Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...