Etok: A story of Eskimo power

by Hugh Gregory Gallagher

Book Overview

This biography of Charles Edwardsen, Jr. (Etok), an Eskimo radical, is the story of the struggle to protect Alaska Native land rights and way of life in the face of the relentless onslaught of Western... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399112561
• ISBN13: 9780399112560
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Putnam
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent History

I was a childhood friend of Charlie. We called him "Etook," not "Etok," if the spelling is any indication of pronunciation. It's a curious difference that makes me wonder about the real depth of the author in penetrating this man's story, but it's certainly accurate in respect to the living conditions and culture I knew as a young white boy, the son of a missionary, living in the village of Barrow.

Couldn't put it down...

Etok is my uncle. I knew it had a lot about Alaska Native land claims, but it was so much more. I learned more about my own family, more about Inupiaq culture, and of course, more about Native rights and the political resurgence of Alaska Natives. It was a really good book! I couldn't put it down. I recommend it to anyone who's interested in Native Land Claims, or Native rights in general.