| Art and Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock Contributor(s): Morgan, Lael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602230218 ISBN-13: 9781602230217 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor who helped to defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near his native village with an atomic blast. "Art and Eskimo Power" chronicles the life of this influential and artist, editor, and founder of the Tundra Times2;under whose leadership the newspaper helped to organize Alaska7;s native people to press their aboriginal land claims before Congress, which ultimately led to their being awarded over $1 billion and 40 million acres. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Art - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007052549 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.49" W x 8.96" (1.26 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor who helped to defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near his native village with an atomic blast. Art and Eskimo Power chronicles the life of this influential and artist, editor, and founder of the Tundra Times--under whose leadership the newspaper helped to organize Alaska's native people to press their aboriginal land claims before Congress, which ultimately led to their being awarded over $1 billion and 40 million acres. |