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LANGUAGE ACCESS DIRECTOR

Shoozhrì’ Rochelle Adams oozhii. Gwichyaa Zhee ts’a’ Tseenduu dinkeedhat. Juk Anchorage gwihchii. Shigwit’rit t’agwał’in AKPIRG eenjit Language Access Director ihłii. Diiginjik eenjit tr’agwał’in.

Rochelle Adams (Gwich’in) is from the Interior Alaskan villages of Beaver and Fort Yukon. Her parents are Angela Peter-Mayo of Fort Yukon and the late Cliff “Tuffy” Adams Jr. of Beaver. Her maternal grandparents are Susan (Lord) and Johnny Peter Sr. Her paternal grandparents are Hannah “Babe” (VanHatten) and Cliff Adams Sr.. Her children are Amaya, Koso and Łeeyadaakhan. She was raised living a traditional Athabascan lifestyle with her family following the seasonal cycles of hunting, fishing and gathering off of the Yukon River and to always honor those sacred connections. These are the values and connections that guide her today and she proudly represents this in all parts of her life and work. She raises her children with these same values of connectedness, love and respect. Through her many roles and actions, Rochelle brings her perspective as an Indigenous linguist to hold space for Indigenous ways of knowing, Alaska Native languages and cultural knowledge.