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Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River (Updated Edition) by Velma/ Grant Wallis, James L. Grant Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-9724944-7-2 / 0972494472 ISBN-13: 978-0-9724944-7-2 / 9780972494472 Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska, a location accessible only by riverboat, airplane, snowmobile, or dog sled. Life is defined by the business of living off the land. Chopping wood. Hauling water from the rive |