Data for Indigenous Justice: Addressing Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons in Alaska - Charlene Aqpik Apok, Exec. Dir., Data for Indigenous Justice

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Charlene has served in many spaces as an advocate for Indigenous Womxn, Indigenous Sovereignty, climate justice, and Indigenous rights to health and wellbeing. Charlene is a lifelong learner in both her cultural traditions and decolonizing academia. She is a mother to Evan Lukluan. She earned her B.A. in American Ethnic Studies with a minor in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, an M.A. in Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development, and a PhD from the Indigenous Studies program at UAF. Charlene gratefully resides in Anchorage on the territories of the Dena'ina peoples. Here she has taught the Iñupiaq language and is part of the Kingikmiut dance group with her son.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ywzvx9wrnldx783jdj7h0/DIJ_AUUF_FEB2026.pdf?rlkey=w7sipisxn20bkcraz4cv5d0b3&dl=0

Website - https://www.dataforindigenousjustice.org/