Unangax̂ Plant Symposium

My thanks to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association for the traditional Unangax̂ Plant Symposium hosted in Anchorage this weekend. I was privileged to meet some amazing elders and presenters and was provided with hands on traditional edible and medicinal plants and their uses, most of which also grow on Adak--my pantry and apothecary can only be the beneficiary.

Being an elder ...

One of the benefits of being an elder in a village community is receiving bounty from younger fishermen and hunters. Today I was blessed with some gorgeous red salmon. I have never seen such deep red nor had so much--the young fisherman had even scaled them for me. My freezer thanks you!