Outdoor Explorer

Jody Potts-JosephJody Potts-Joseph, Arctic WildAlaska Indigenous Peoples have been living, playing, and thriving in Alaska for thousands of years. However outdoor recreation and tourism are generally perceived as being primarily a white person’s game. Many people are trying to change that by encouraging, many times by example, people of color to venture outdoors. Jody Potts-Joseph is Han Gwich’in and grew up in Eagle Village. She is a dog musher, a wilderness guide, founded “Native Youth Outdoors,” and is a North Face Explorer Fund Council member all while living in rural Alaska. On this Outdoor Explorer, we talk with Jody about her life and efforts to diversify the outdoors. HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS:Jody Potts-Joseph, founder of Native Youth OutdoorsLINKS:Arctic WildAlaska Wilderness LeagueData for Indigenous JusticeNorth Face Explorer FundTeton Gravity: Indigenous Outdoor OrganizationsBROADCAST: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.