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Fifty miles from tomorrow a memoir of Alaska and the real people

Documents the author's traditional childhood north of the Arctic Circle, his decision to pursue an education in the continental U.S., and his successful lobbying efforts that convinced the government to allocate land and monetary resources to Alaska's natives in compensation for incursions on their...

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Main Author: Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk.
Inupiat > Alaska > Kotzebue > Biography.
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Summary:Documents the author's traditional childhood north of the Arctic Circle, his decision to pursue an education in the continental U.S., and his successful lobbying efforts that convinced the government to allocate land and monetary resources to Alaska's natives in compensation for incursions on their way of life.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xii, 256 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780374154844
0374154848
Author Notes:William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was a founder of the Northwest Alaska Native Association and spent twenty years working for its successor, the Iñuit-owned NANA Regional Corporation. He also helped establish the Alaska Federation of Natives in 1966 and has served as its director, executive director, president, and cochair. He spent ten years in the Alaska state legislature as a representative and senator, and recently retired from his position in Washington, D.C., as manager of federal government relations for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Hensley and his wife, Abigale, live in Anchorage, where--now an Iñupiat elder--he is the chair of the First Alaskans Institute.

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