December 21st, 2009
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The Alaska statehood push of 50 years ago bypassed the state’s Native population. But that changed when the Prudhoe Bay oil discovery forced Congress to settle Native land claims.
This week we talk with Willie Hensley about the part he played in that story, a story told in his new book, Fifty Miles from Tomorrow.
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December 21st, 2009
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More than 50 years after Alaska’s Constitutional Convention, a group of young Alaskans is pushing for a greater voice in the state’s next 50 years. This week it’s your chance to check in with the Conference of Young Alaskans, which just finished its meeting in Girdwood.
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