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Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River

by Sidney Huntington · 1993

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In his dramatic autobiography, Alaskan elder Sidney Huntington, half-white, half-Athabascan, recounts his adventures, tragedies, and ultimate success.

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