About the Author

About the Author

Crystal F Ferguson Qigñak Breithaupt, an Inupiat, was born and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. She danced with the Northern Lights Dancers in the 1980’s. She was the curator at the NANA Museum of the Arctic In Kotzebue. As well as a tour host at Saxman Native Village, Alaska. She was the managing editor of the Arctic Sounder, and writer for the Forks Forum. She received her B.S in English Education at Grace University and her M.B.A. at Northcentral University. She is a wife, mother of two sons, a daughter, and has four grandchildren whom she loves with her whole heart.