I am an Alutiiq scholar and writer whose work explores Indigenous histories, sovereignty, culture, and relationships to place. My research moves across Native Studies, history, literature, art, and punk culture.
I am the author of two books: Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape, published in the New Directions in Native American Studies series by the University of Oklahoma Press, and The Great Land: An Indigenous History of Alaska, published in the Indigenous Confluences series by the University of Washington Press.
I am currently at work on my third book, The Afterparty: More Fun in the New World, which considers punk and Native American life beyond political fatigue.
I was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, and graduated from S.A.V.E. II High School in Anchorage at an unconventional age. In my mid-twenties, after moving to the Lower 48, I began taking courses at a community college. I eventually earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
I am an original shareholder in both Koniag and Leisnoi and I am enrolled in the federally recognized Tangirnaq Native Village. With pride, I serve the Alutiiq people on the board of the Koniag Education Foundation, helping support the educational goals of Koniag shareholders and their descendants.
As of May 2026, I serve as co-editor of the New Directions in Native American Studies series with the University of Oklahoma Press.
I am a life long writer, artist, and musician and I continue to draw from those creative roots in my scholarship. I spend holidays with my family in Bogotá and Colombia's Eje Cafetero.
Punk saved my life.
I am the author of two books: Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape, published in the New Directions in Native American Studies series by the University of Oklahoma Press, and The Great Land: An Indigenous History of Alaska, published in the Indigenous Confluences series by the University of Washington Press.
I am currently at work on my third book, The Afterparty: More Fun in the New World, which considers punk and Native American life beyond political fatigue.
I was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, and graduated from S.A.V.E. II High School in Anchorage at an unconventional age. In my mid-twenties, after moving to the Lower 48, I began taking courses at a community college. I eventually earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
I am an original shareholder in both Koniag and Leisnoi and I am enrolled in the federally recognized Tangirnaq Native Village. With pride, I serve the Alutiiq people on the board of the Koniag Education Foundation, helping support the educational goals of Koniag shareholders and their descendants.
As of May 2026, I serve as co-editor of the New Directions in Native American Studies series with the University of Oklahoma Press.
I am a life long writer, artist, and musician and I continue to draw from those creative roots in my scholarship. I spend holidays with my family in Bogotá and Colombia's Eje Cafetero.
Punk saved my life.