This region holds a history and culture that is deep, resilient, and alive. Shaped by Indigenous peoples, fisherwomen, queer voices, and generations of families who have called this place home.
The stories we share in Bristol Baybes rest on deeper histories, knowledge, and community work. This page offers a curated selection of books, websites, podcasts, and organizations — tools to learn, support, and connect with the voices, cultures, and land that shape Bristol Bay.
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United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Working toward thriving, healthy and strong people and communities, rooted in our salmon-based cultures and traditional Native values.
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Native Movement
We envision a society that embraces Indigenous values of reciprocity
and respect with all beings. Our actions are grounded in ceremony, justice,
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A Day in our Bay
The “Day in Our Bay” project started out as a community-based digital storytelling project, giving voice to Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) shareholders living in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska.
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NOAA Voices - Women In Alaska Fisheries
Alaska Fisheries Science Center collected oral history interviews related to commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishing in Alaska for NOAA Fisheries The Voices Oral History Archives project.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
Wise Words of Yup’ik People
By Ann Fiend-Riordan
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Naknek chronicle: Ten Thousand Years in a Land of Lakes and Rivers and Mountains of Fire by Don E Dumond
Yuungnaqpiallerput The Way We Genuinely Live, Masterworks of Yup'ik Science
PODCASTS
On The Land by Deenaalee Hodgdon
Hodgdon, a Deg Xit'an Athabaskan and Supiaq person from Alaska, uses the platform to share stories that center Indigenous voices and their deep connections to the land, water, and environment.
Coffee & Quaq by Alice Qannik Glenn
Coffee & Quaq is a podcast to celebrate and explore contemporary Native life in urban Alaska
This Land by Crooked Media
This Land is an award-winning Crooked Media documentary podcast hosted by Cherokee Nation journalist Rebecca Nagle, which investigates high-profile court cases threatening Native American rights, land, and sovereignty in the U.S
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Save Bristol Bay, a project dedicated to protecting Bristol Bay’s wild salmon, jobs and communities from the proposed Pebble mine.
For more than a decade, we have fought to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble mine.
As wild salmon populations decline globally, Bristol Bay's prolific wild salmon runs and the economies they support make it a place of international importance. For years, the region faced a massive threat from the proposed Pebble mine, as well as hard rock mining on adjacent state and federal land. Thankfully, this threat is at bay - for now. In order to stay thriving, the region must have durable safeguards from Pebble and other large-scale mining project
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SAFE Bristol Bay — local advocacy & support for survivors in the region
SAFE is the primary domestic violence and sexual assault shelter and advocacy agency serving Bristol Bay, Alaska, based in Dillingham. The organization has been operating for over 20 years, providing life-saving services and advocating for systemic change in a region that spans a geographic area the size of Ohio. Because Bristol Bay is remote and most villages are accessible only by plane or boat, SAFE plays a crucial role in breaking isolation barriers for victims.
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