Leona Ket'aq Burnett

Location: Bethel, Alaska Leona is a native Alaskan Yupik/Swedish. She was born in Alaska and grew up in the northern part of Sweden. During the summers, her family would come back for subsistence fishing. She was raised outdoors, always camping with family. Leona was five months old when her parents took her on her first moose Snowmachine hunt to the Yukon, about a 160-mile round trip from Bethel. She currently resides in Bethel, Alaska, where her daily life consists of subsistence activities such as moose hunting, muskox hunting, ice fishing, ptarmigan hunting, bear hunting, and trapping. Being able to fill the freezers with fresh meat and fish from nature is one of the things that makes her feel like she's a billionaire. As soon as she gets the opportunity to be outside in the wild, she's there.