Great Evenings at the 3rd Annual Alaska Book Festival

June 11, 2009
Davis Concert Hall

Willie Hensley is a Qikiktagrukmi, an Inupiaq from the shores of Kotzebue Sound. He has served Alaska in a variety of capacities, he is a father and husband and not only one of the "Real People," he is now a "real writer."

His renowned 1966 essay "What Rights to Land have the Alaska Natives?" was the ignition point for his next forty years. Now, in his new book, "Fifty Miles from Tomorrow," Willie has written about his life, including the years when he and others work to secure Alaska Native peoples' land rights, future, and our place as active participants in Alaska's contemporary sociopolitical landscape.