Introduction

Ruth sava keson is a denaina at the baskin and ashkanazi russian jewish woman raised in degaaka, alaska. She is a recent graduate from brown university, built on occupied wam panag and nara donset lands. Ruth is the climate justice and just transition director for native movement, a matriarchal grass roots indigenous organization. Is a daughter, a granddaughter, an auntie, a language learner, a traditional bead worker and a subsistence fisherwoman. Her work also includes international advocacy, including attending the u. N e Climate summit cop 25 in madrid, spain,. And the continental gathering of indigenous women of the