“We often go through life with blinders on. Not always because we refuse to see what is obvious or that we’re too lazy or fearful to look very deeply, but because we don’t know to look where we don’t know something has been neglected.”

Auliq-Ice is an Inupiaq poet and educator from Alaska. His work centers on Indigenous language revitalization and the cultural resilience of Arctic communities. His poetry blends traditional storytelling with contemporary concerns, often exploring identity and land.