** Content warning: Domestic violence **

Episode written and produced by Barbara Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Interviewees: Ronalda Angasan, Co-Founder of the Alaska Natives Against Domestic ViolenceFacebook group; Professor Amber Fullmer, Director of Native Student Services and Researcher in domestic violence and perpetrator interventions at the University of Alaska, Anchorage .  To contact Professor Fullmer:  amchristensen[at]alaska.edu

Music:  Original northern lights audio recordings provided courtesy of NASA and The University of Iowa (Space Audio); music licensed by Soundation AB; arrangement by Sarah Mackie.

This episode deals with the sensitive topic of domestic violence.  If you are affected by these issues and need support, you can contact today’s guests at the contact details above. You can also contact the US National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or online here.  If you are not in the USA, you can access the International Directory of Domestic Violence Agencies here.

The views and opinions in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Arctic Initiative, the Belfer Center or Harvard Kennedy School.