Coffee & Quaq

Alaska Natives on the Frontline is a special series of Coffee & Quaq highlighting the adaptability and resilience of the Inupiat in the face of climate change, done in partnership with journalist Jenna Kunze. We travelled up to Utqiagvik early last year in 2020, at the peak of winter when the sun had just returned back to the Arctic after polar night and interviewed residents about the various aspects of how Inupiat life has changed, but also how it has remained the same.
This episode features a special behind-the-story interview with us, the creators of AK Natives on the Front Line! We took to some to time to have a conversation with Abigail Gipson from Pulitzer Center about our approach to the journalistic work done in Utqiagvik.

TEASER: Welcome to Village City - A lifestyle campaign connecting rural and urban youth across the state of Alaska brought to you by Native Time in partnership with the Alaska Humanities Forum. Native Time is now and Village City is right here. This episode features Jenilee Donovan a basketball star, hunter, and the youngest person to strike a whale in Utqiagvik last Fall. This is her story. Full episode available Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
The music for this teaser was created by Aqqalu also known as Uyarakq, whose music is available on all platforms.

TEASER: Welcome to Village City - A lifestyle campaign connecting rural and urban youth across the state of Alaska brought to you by Native Time in partnership with the Alaska Humanities Forum. Native Time is now and Village City is right here. This episode features Katlyn Smith who is Miss Teen Arctic Circle 2021 with big dreams hailing from Kotzebue and Nome, Alaska. This is her story. Full episode available Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021.
The music for this teaser was created by Ukila also known as Byron Nicholai, whose music is available on all platforms.

TEASER: Welcome to Village City - A lifestyle campaign connecting rural and urban youth across the state of Alaska brought to you by Native Time in partnership with the Alaska Humanities Forum. Native Time is now and Village City is right here. This episode features Ezra Elisoff, a proud Tlingit athlete and World Eskimo Indian Olympics champion from Juneau, AK. This is his story. Full episode available Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.
The music for this teaser was created by Aqqalu also known as Uyarakq, whose music is available on all platforms.