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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 4m

oh no! try paypal

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 11m

BETHEL GOT THEIR FIRST BATCH OF DOG EVACUEES FROM KIPNUK!

they chartered a flight that brought the pups in backpacks, totes, kennels, whatever they could 🥹😭

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 59m

The Governor is at the Alaska Airlines Center as the first bus loads of Kipnuk Climate Refugees arrive from their C17 flight from Bethel tonight.
NOTE: Photo unattributed.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 48m

i just need to say: the federal government and fema might not have shown up—BUT THE ALASKA COMMUNITY SURE AS HELL DID!

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2h

alaska national guard transporting evacuees in western alaska to safe, warm shelters outside of the region

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1h

Mussy and Runny will be collecting crafting supplies at AFN in Anchorage this weekend! Table 88

These donations will go to the Western Alaska evacuees

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1h

my tribe, sitka tribe of alaska, just unanimously approved a $2,500 donation to western alaska disaster relief

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1h

Workers are getting the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage ready for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok evacuees. Thanks you American Red Cross of Alaska and UAA!

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1h

alaska national guard

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 2h

I'm going to be making noise about Kipnuk & other devastated villages for a few days, folks. The YK-Delta is a vital part of Alaska & what this storm did to those residents is hell. The least we can do is save the Kipnuk dogs & support the Bethel Friends of Canines! www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com

Bethel Friends of Canines

Bethel Friends of Canines is a non-profit dog rescue based in the rural Alaskan village of Bethel. Not only do we rescue dogs in Bethel, but we also rescue dogs all over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta...

www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com

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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 2h

Climate refugees are my fellow Alaskans. My heart is breaking!

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2h

alaska national guard transporting evacuees in western alaska to safe, warm shelters outside of the region

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2h

WESTERN ALASKA FLOODS UPDATE:

Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy

Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2h

alaska national guard transporting evacuees in western alaska to safe, warm shelters outside of the region

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2h

Bethel Friends of Canines is requesting donations that will go towards chartering a flight that will evacuate dogs from the villages that were struck by a natural disaster in rural western Alaska

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 6h

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 6h

they’re trying to figure out a way to evacuate all the pets out the villages in western alaska

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 6h

Search and rescue for 2 people missing in Kwigillingok *is ongoing* says the Association of Village Council Presidents.

"No one is giving up."

State of Alaska and US Coast Guard officials had said yesterday their search was done - but locally it continues.

www.facebook.com/share/p/18sm...

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 6h

when covid hit alaska, shipwreck beads sent free beads/supplies to hooper bay

i’ll reach out and see if they’d be interested into doing it again

if you guys have any contacts at beading stores, please consider reaching out and asking if they’d be interested in sending a donation to western alaska

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 6h

oh that breaks my heart 😢💔

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 7h

Another "critical" loss for many is beading and craft supplies! I shudder to think how many cookie tins full of projects floated away or got waterlogged.
Not to mention sewing machines, fabrics, skins and notions lost.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 7h

From AKPM: Hundreds are still sheltering - now Day 4 - since Typhoon Halong - in ill-equipped local schools.

Emergency supplies are being shipped in, as evacuations are taking place, but the coordination takes time.

“We know that folks are miserable.”

www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions

The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”

www.kyuk.org

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 7h

alaska’s air cargo carriers coming together to aid in disaster relief for our relatives and communities in western alaska

not sure this has ever happened before (correct me if wrong) and I’M HERE FOR IT 🎉

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 9h

yay 🙂

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 23h

if federal and state governments can find the time and funding to build alligator alcatraz in 8 days—they can do the same to build adequate emergency shelter for our country’s first indigenous climate change refugees in western alaska

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 23h

hope a civil suit is forthcoming

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 23h

they don’t care about us

they don’t care if we die, if our children or elders die, or if our homelands are destroyed and become uninhabitable

but WE CARE. we care if you live and that your homes are safe

we show up for you

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 23h

“Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding”

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 1d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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