Free Republic

Last of two parts In 1967, I took on the Alaska Federation of Natives full time. The organization had only $9 in its bank account. I had a young family. I got behind three months on both house and car payments. One week we subsisted on one pot of beans. Those who formed AFN took time off from work and paid their own way: travel, hotel rooms and meals. None of them were ever really recognized for the price they paid. Harvey Samuelson once told me he had spent $20,000 to $30,000 (a lot more money in value at that...