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McPhee and HensleyKTOO Features Visiting Distinguished Professor Willie Hensley

KTOO is celebrating the 40th anniversary of John McPhee’s book “Coming into the Country”. In the book McPhee introduced the rest of the nation to one of the most prominent, young Alaska Native leaders in the state. Willie Hensley was instrumental in forcing the state and the federal government to settle land claims with its 60,000 Alaska Native residents.

The full story is available on KTOO's website.