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Title:
Fifty miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people
JLCTITLE245:
William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley.
Personal Author:
Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk, author.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2009.
Physical Description:
xii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780374154844
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
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.
Personal Subject:
Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk.

Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk. (OCoLC)fst01783882
Subject Term:
Inupiat -- Alaska -- Kotzebue -- Biography.

Inupiat -- Alaska -- Kotzebue -- History.

Inupiat -- Alaska -- Kotzebue -- Social life and customs.

Inupiat. (OCoLC)fst00977959

Inupiat -- Social life and customs. (OCoLC)fst00977961
Geographic Term:
Alaska -- Kotzebue. (OCoLC)fst01217837
Genre:
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894

Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Autobiographies.
Added Author:
Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk,

Kennel, Charles F., 1939-

Lehman, Ellen J., 1944-
Ownership:
Inscribed to the donor and her husband by the author, October 2009. AOW
Variant Title:
50 miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people
Contents:
Maps -- Inupiaq writing and pronunciation -- Prologue -- Qaugriruna: I become conscious -- Ilatka: My family -- Ikkattuq: At camp -- Aachikkan!: I'm scared! -- Kigutinnu: Toothache -- Qitiktuaqtugut: We play -- Umiaqpak: North Star -- Aglagraqtugut: We go to school -- Ikayuqti: Helper -- Ausaaqtuna: I go outside -- Aksraktautit: Shifting gears -- Nunavut tigummiun!: Hold on to the land! -- Tigulugu!: Claim it! -- Arguanaruaq: Militant -- Sakuuktuna: Working hard in Juneau -- Anuyaktugut: Battling with the great white father -- Naniqaqtugut!: We have light! -- Atautchikuaq: As one -- Tuvaaqatiga: My companion -- Manignit analatchirugut: We become businessmen -- Iggich isuat: End of the mountains -- Inuit Katirut: Inuit gather -- Puttuqsriruna: Ephiphany in Nome -- Qianak! Sivutmun!: Don't cry! Move forward! -- Inupiat ilrtqusiat: Inupiat spirit -- Epilogue -- Inupiaq: Language and the people -- Inupiaq glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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