Deenaalee Chase Hodgdon (They/Them) is Deg Xit’an Dene and Yupik/Supiaq from the villages of Gitr’ingithchagg (Anvik) and Qinuyang (South Naknek), Alaska. Descended from rivers and the ocean and named after the great northern mountain, Deenaalee seeks to ground their work in regenerative economies, food sovereignty and security, and circumpolar geopolitics in the lessons these beings teach us; to flow and find grace through the rapids and in the meandering, to find depth, breath and pleasure in the vastness of our humanity and to hold space for the multiplicity of life we interact with through time while deeply rooted to place. Deenaalee holds their Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with an emphasis in food and fisheries policy, gender and globalization, Indigenous studies, urban design, and entrepreneurship. Since 2016 they have been building relations with psychedelic medicines after being assisted in transforming a partnership into its next form of being. In fall of 2022 they began their journey with Ayahuasca after being called to the jungle to heal intergenerational trauma and addiction. They find their joy in spending time working with their hands mending fishing nets and tanning hides, and feasting in community on traditional foods that were gathered, harvested, and grown locally.