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Arctic Village (1933) is a book written by Robert Marshall, an American forester, writer, and wilderness activist (1901-1939), about the Koyukuk River area and the town of Wiseman. He lived there for 15 months starting in 1930 while conducting research on tree growth near the Arctic Divide.
Arctic Village (Vashrąįį K'ǫǫ [2] in Gwich'in) is an unincorporated Native American village [3] and a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census , the population of the CDP was 152.
From this work (and his previous trip to Alaska), he wrote Arctic Village, a sociological study of life in the wilderness. Published in 1933 the book was selected by the Literary Guild and became a bestseller. Marshall shared the royalties from the book with the residents of Wiseman. [3]
Another small mining village (Nolan, on Nolan creek - to the north) survived into the 1970s. Robert Marshall , who became a prominent American forester, preservation activist, and a co-founder of The Wilderness Society , wrote the bestselling book, Arctic Village , about his 15-month stay in this frontier town around the year 1930.
Utqiagvik is the headquarters of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, one of the Alaska Native corporations set up following the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971 to manage revenues and invest in development for their people in the region.
View history; General ... Arctic Village may refer to: Arctic Village, Alaska; Arctic Village (book) China's Arctic village This page was last edited ...
Sarah Agnes James (born 1946 [1] [2]) is a Neets'aii Gwich'in activist from Arctic Village, Alaska, USA, but was born in Fort Yukon "because that is where the hospital was.I grew up part of the time in Fort Yukon and Salmon River, but most of the time in Arctic Village, Alaska [3]."James is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council.
View history; General ... Pages in category "Books about Alaska" ... The Alaska Gold Rush; Arctic Village (book) C. Coming into the Country; F.