{"product_id":"take-my-land-take-my-donald-craig-mitchell-9781889963242","title":"Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTake My Land, Take My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell concludes the story of the 134-year history of the U.S. government's relations with Alaska's Native people begun in \u003ci\u003eSold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959\u003c\/i\u003e. The culmination of that tale occurred in 1971 when Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ANCSA authorized Alaska Natives to be paid $962.5 million and to be conveyed title to 44 million acres of land. Though highly controversial, ANCSA remains the most generous settlement of aboriginal land claims in the nation's history. Mitchell's insightful, exhaustively researched work also describes the political history during the first decade of Alaska statehood, from the rise of Native organizations such as the Alaska Federation of Natives to the battles for power in the subcommittees of Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsightful 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\u003e are 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Craig Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1889963240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889963242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alaska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.80w x 1.50d","brand":"Donald Craig Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988048740607,"sku":"9781889963242","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_955d4caf-1a57-4626-afd8-4c2538b6982e.jpg?v=1683292328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-my-land-take-my-donald-craig-mitchell-9781889963242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}