Fifty Miles from Tomorrow A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People

Name: Fifty Miles from Tomorrow A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People
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ISBN: 9780312429362

ISBN-10: 0312429363

ISBN-13: 9780312429362

Edition: N/A

Authors: William L. Iggiagruk Hensley

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Nunavut tigummiun! Hold on to the land! It was just fifty years ago that the territory of Alaska officially became the state of Alaska. But no matter who has staked their claim to the land, it has always had a way of enveloping souls in its vast, icy embrace. For William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, Alaska has been his home, his identity, and his cause. Born on the shores of Kotzebue Sound, twenty-nine miles north of the Arctic Circle, he was raised to live the traditional, seminomadic life that his Inupiaq ancestors had lived for thousands of years. It was a life of cold and of constant effort, but Hensley's people also reaped the bounty that nature provided. InFifty Miles from Tomorrow, Hensley…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 3/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.65" wide x 8.33" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.550



Maps


Iï¿½upiaq Writing and Pronunciation


Prologue



I Become Conscious




My Family




At Camp




I'm Scared!




Toothache




We Play




The North Star




We Go to School




The Helper




I Go Outside




Shifting Gears




Hold On to the Land!




Claim It!




The Militant




Working Hard in Juneau




Battling with the Great White Father




We Have Light!




As One




My Companion




We Become Businessmen




The End of the Mountains




The Iï¿½uit Gather




Epiphany in Nome




Don't Cry! Move Forward!




The Iï¿½upiat Spirit



Epilogue


The Language and the People



Iï¿½upiaq Glossary


Acknowledgments


Index