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

Title
Fifty miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people / William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley.
Author
Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk.
Publication
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2009.

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xii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Summary
"As a young man growing up on the shores of Kotzebue Sound, twenty-nine miles north of the Arctic Circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley learned to live the way his ancestors had for thousands of years. Like a sponge, he absorbed the old stories and sayings, the threads of wisdom passed down through the generations. Though Hensley eventually left Alaska behind to pursue his education in the Lower 48, he carried with him the hardiness, the good humor, and the tenacity that had helped his people flourish on the wild tundra." "In 1971, after years of Hensley's tireless lobbying, the United States conveyed forty-four million acres and earmarked nearly $1 billion for use by Alaska's native peoples. The law insured that all the American Indians of Alaska would be compensated for the incursion of the U.S. government upon their way of life. Unlike their relatives to the south, the Alaskan peoples would be able to take charge of their economic and political destiny in the twentieth century and beyond." "The landmark decision did not come overnight. Neither was it the work of any one man. But it was Hensley who gave voice to the cause and made it real. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow is not only the memoir of one man; it is a testament to the resilience of the Alaskan spirit."--BOOK JACKET.
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Note
  • Includes index.
ISBN
  • 9780374154844 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0374154848 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2008031409
  • 40016253986
OCLC
  • ocn180752035
  • 180752035
  • SCSB-5449555
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Columbia University Libraries