Welcome to the show. In this one I have a conversation with Alice Glenn, the host of

Coffey and Quack, a podcast that explores native life in urban Alaska. Alice grew up

in Utkovic, formerly known as Barrow, and then moved to the lower

48 to pursue a degree in aerospace studies. When she returned to Alaska in 2015, she realized that Alaska natives were often misrepresented in local media.

So she set out to provide an authentic and accurate representation with what would become her podcast, Coffee and Quach.

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Okay, back to Alice Glen.

If you live in Alaska, then you're aware of racism toward Alaska Native people.

It can be casual or it can be abrasive. Either way, it's detrimental to an entire group of people who have lived in this land for thousands of years.

Long before the Russians or the Europeans came here.

And therein lies the heart of our conversation, not racism specifically, but the effects of colonization to every facet of Alaska Native life.

From culture to religion to how local media tends to highlight

communities by their disparities which in turn continues an ongoing narrative about how

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