Fifty Miles from Tomorrow

By - Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk

Floor - Floor 4

ISBN 10 - 0312429363

ISBN 13 - 9780312429362

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Alaska--Kotzebue

Shelf No - 6

Call Number - 979.8049 HEN

Physical Description - xii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE Born twenty-nine miles north of the arctic circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was raised to live the seminomadic life that his Iñupiaq ancestors had lived for thousands of years. In this stirring memoir, he offers us a rare firsthand account of growing up Native Alaskan, and later, in the lower forty-eight, as a fearless advocate for Native land rights. In 1971, after years of tirelessly lobbying the United States government, he played a key role in a landmark victory that enabled the Inupiaq to take charge of their economic and political destiny. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow is "a joyous celebration of Hensley's life among the Iñupiaq people and of fighting for their rights" (Library Journal).

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