“I had my brother and I had my dad, and everyone else I skied with was white,” said professional skier Ellen Bradley of her childhood skiing experience, at a Juneau event meant to help more Indigenous youth ski their ancestral lands.
Professional skier Ellen Bradley at Native Youth Snow Sports Community Night at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Jan. 6, 2023.
“Spending time on the land can address so many things in a person’s life,” she said. “But I think mental health is especially one of them — to just move your body with the land.” Bradley, who is Lingít, learned to ski from her dad as a young child in Washington state. She says it helped her feel connected to the land, but she didn’t see many other Indigenous people on the slopes while she was growing up.She says the sport can seem off-limits — even to people who are Indigenous to the land a ski mountain sits on. One program she hopes will start changing that offers ski Benson Bullock with DIA was at the event, helping sign kids up for the trips.
This year, he wants the program to get even more kids on the mountain. The first trip will be in January, though the dates aren’t set yet. Another is planned for March.
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