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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson

@nasugraq.bsky.social
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Award winning Indigenous Inupiaq Author, Illustrator, artist and gardener that lives in rural Alaska, books repped by Faye Bender The Book Group, NY. she/her linktr.ee/nasugraq

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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just in time for spooky season a sweet little atigi ghost. I made a painting last year like this but this time I added a flower pattern based off those vintage flour bags they used to use to sew for parkas back in the day. Made for my Patreon subscribers. Do you think I should do a series of these?
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Today you can purchase the digital version of my book for only $2.99 (normally it is $11.99) This deal also is available at many retailers including Amazon, that offer the E-book. So if you are like me and have a growing collection of e-books, consider adding my book to your collection. <3
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
It’s room temperature outside here in the arctic, and it’s extremely uncomfortable.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The small river that runs through our village has started running, which is the official/unofficial sign of REAL spring. Me and the kids go for nature walks on the good weather days and chat about plants and animals. Today the kids found some beautiful honeycomb ice. #arctic #alaska #inupiaq
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Aloha Librarian @caitlinrebekah.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A young Native Alaskan boy is taken by the Eagle gods. Will he ever return home to his family? Find out in Eagle Drums by @nasugraq.bsky.social #middlegradechapterbooks #elementarylibrarians #neneaward #kidlit
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Skies so wide they can fit all of your dreams. Beautiful day for sliding and a picnic at the spring festival. #arctic #alaska #inupiaq #indigenous
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A kind of Inupiaq self portrait. My favorite ulu, a woman’s knife. Decorated with my favorite plants. It is worn and a bit shallow on the blade and you can see it was cut from a larger saw blade. #inupiaq #alaska #arctic #indigenous #ulu #knife
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
When they tried to erase our language, they also destroyed our poetry. How beautiful it must have been to hear poetry in Inupiaq. And even more beautiful to understand it.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
a Patreon subscriber ❤️ love seeing my art in the world!
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
An interview I did with a couple amazing people talking about Never Alone 2 ❤️
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
When the snowbirds come around it reminds me to clean out my ‘sigluaq’ aka my freezers. Get ready for this years abundance. A clean freezer invites good luck . I like to think of it as a reminder to also clean out my soul a little, and clean out the things we don’t want to carry from the last year.
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Mary @matrn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Beautiful artwork from @nasugraq.bsky.social arrived today. Thank you Nasugraq!
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Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Someone took all our cold weather.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Why do some people pronounce ‘having’ with a ‘T’. As in ‘havting’? Is it an accent? Cultural? It’s such a curious thing.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Weird things you won’t usually find in the rural villages of Alaska: perfume. If it can’t be mailed then it will be rare. Most people don’t wear or enjoy others wearing perfume.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I don’t play D and D. But I REALLY want to buy a handmade set of dice. They are so beautiful. I wish there were artists that made regular dice!
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
As a lifetime arctic resident I can tell you this: it’s not getting cold that is nessesarilly bad, it is getting cold FAST from a much higher temperature that usually ends in things going badly.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The Winter Holidays in the village are never just a one day thing. There is a feast day and a dancing day and gift giving and games and they can last a week or two. This painting is inspired by the dancing. And the joy and celebration in those days.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
To be a night owl parent with one morning bird and an afternoon sloth as children. Christmas break struggles.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
So incredibly excited and honored to be illustrating TWO books written by the super talented Carole Lindstrom❤️❤️❤️
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I kind of don’t want to tell my ten year old she can’t stay up late to read. It’s her Christmas break after all. 😂
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Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Lynn Lovegreen @lynnlovegreen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
❤️❤️❤️
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A little introductory to who I am! 1. I am Inupiaq, indigenous from northern Alaska. I live in the rural mountains. 2. I am an author/illustrator mainly writing for a younger age. 3. I experiment with arctic gardening in a very short season. 4. I have two young daughters that I adore. Tavra!
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
‘Blizzard.’ But sugary. Little Inupiaq girl just dancing in the wind.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A huge blizzard has settled in over the North Slope. I remember these storms as a kid. The feeling as the house shivered and the air whistled through the cracks. The fresh waves of hardened snow the next morning. Hopefully this one leaves us in a good way.
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I don’t understand how Tang (rural Alaska’s favorite drink) can taste ‘stale’. What weird science is this?
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Nasugraq Rainey Hopson @nasugraq.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
*takes a cautious peek around* #firstpost
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