{"product_id":"sold-american-the-story-of-alaska-natives-and-their-land-1867-1959-9781889963365","title":"Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land 1867-1959","description":"\u003ci\u003eSold American \u003c\/i\u003eis an account of the history of the federal government's relationship with Alaska's Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut peoples, from the United States' purchase of Alaska from the czar of Russia in 1867 to Alaska statehood in 1959. Don Mitchell describes how, from the arrival of Russian sea otter hunters in the Aleutian Islands in the eighteenth century to the present day, Alaska Natives have participated in the efforts of non-Natives to turn Alaska's bountiful natural resources into dollars, and documents how Alaska Natives, non-Natives, and the society they jointly forged have been changed because of it. \u003ci\u003eSold American\u003c\/i\u003e also tells the story of how and why Congress was persuaded that Alaska Natives should be compensated for the extinguishment of their legally cognizable right (known as 'aboriginal title') to use and occupy the land on which they and their ancestors had hunted, fished, and gathered since time immemorial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Don Mitchell's companion volume, \u003ci\u003e Take My Land, Take My Life, \u003c\/i\u003e concludes that story by describing the events that in 1971 resulted in Congress's enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the most generous aboriginal land claims settlement in the nation's history. Insightful and drawn from years of painstaking research of primary source materials, \u003ci\u003eSold American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTake My Land, Take My Life \u003c\/i\u003eare an indispensable resource for readers who are interested in the history of the nation's largest state and of the federal government's involvement with Alaska's indigenous peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alaska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889963365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.50d","brand":"Donald Craig Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43766747267253,"sku":"9781889963365","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5839fa2a-e1ea-4046-aff1-aaa7bb84d54a.jpg?v=1710818003","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sold-american-the-story-of-alaska-natives-and-their-land-1867-1959-9781889963365","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}