Deenaalee Chase-Hodgdon @go_barefoot is a queer Deg Xit’an Dene and Sugpiaq person from the villages of Gitr’ingithchagg (Anvik) and Qinuyang (South Naknek), Alaska. Along with Ruth Miller @frompeaksnpinetrees, Deenaalee co-directs The Smokehouse Collective - an Indigenous food hub that focuses on invigorating traditional trade networks to provide food security to climate-impacted communities in Alaska. Smokehouse Collective @thesmokehousecollective is a home-grown initiative led by young Indigenous women who navigate the intersection of traditional lifeways and contemporary economic solutions. Rooted in their communities and versed in Arctic political science, they focus on bridging regenerative economy, cultural preservation, climate resilience, community healing, and food security. Their work aims to foster Indigenous sovereignty and promote a Just Transition for Alaska’s extractive commercial fishing industry through land-back and oceans-back efforts, ultimately creating a sustainable and equitable future for their people and the environment. Deenaalee confronts the multifaceted threats of oil, gas, fisheries, logging, and military industries to their ancestral livelihoods and the salmon that sustain their community. Their resilience is tested, as climate change exacerbates salmon migration disruptions and traditional food source depletion due to melting Alaskan permafrost. As they struggled with health issues caused by processed foods, Deenaalee embraces an ancestral diet and advocates for regenerative commercial fishing informed by indigenous ecological knowledge and the spiritual role of salmon, forging a path to preserve their community’s identity, heritage, and way of life. For Deenaalee, food is medicine.