About Us

Angutekaraq Estelle Thomson, Children of the Sky Founder
Native Village of Paimiut Traditional Council

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• Founder of the Asqinaq Rangers

• Founding member of the Global Migratory Kin Collective (the inspiration and key collaborators of the Children of the Sky Summit)

• Member, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy 

• Vice Chair for the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (YRITFC)-currently representing 43 Indigenous Tribes along the Yukon River from the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea to the headwaters of the Yukon in British Columbia; 

• Board member for the Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA) Wildlife Protection & Conservation | Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA)

• Tribally Elected Government Board seat at Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) Home - Alaska Ocean Observing System ; (interim executive committee secretary)

• Steering committee member for the Northern Latitude Partnership’s Western Alaska Landscape Initiative (NLP-WALI) Northern Latitudes Partnerships – Resilience Across Borders; 

• Indigenous Committee/Planning Member for over 15 countries in the Americas on the Pacific Americas Flyway Youth Forum (PAFYF)