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ISBN: PB: 9781602232396

University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press

November 2014

150 pp.

22.8x15.2 cm

40 halftones

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£19,00
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Dangerous Idea

The Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Struggle for Indigenous Rights

Decades before the marches and victories of the 1960s, a group of Alaska Natives were making civil rights history. Throughout the early twentieth century, the Alaska Native Brotherhood fought for citizenship, voting rights, and education for all Alaska Natives, securing unheard-of victories in a contentious time. Their unified work and legal prowess propelled the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, one of the biggest claim settlements in United States history.

"Fight for a Fair Settlement" tells an overlooked but powerful story of Alaska Natives fighting for their rights under American law and details one of the rare successes for Native Americans in their nearly two-hundred-year effort to define and protect their rights.

About the Author

Peter Metcalfe is the author of several books documenting the history of Alaska Native tribal organizations, including "Gumboot Determination: The Story of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium" and "Earning a Place in History: Shee Atika, the Sitka Native Claims Corporation". He lives in Juneau, Alaska.