Lecture description: From a traditional Iñupiaq childhood in northwest Alaska to the halls of the Alaska Legislature and the negotiations that led to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Willie Hensley has witnessed (and helped shape) one of the most remarkable periods of change in Alaska's history.

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