True North Rising : My Fifty-year Journey with the Inuit and Dene Leaders Who Transformed Canada's North Sociology to illustrate how inalienability –

to illustrate how inalienability – restrictions on the ability to buy and sell land – is linked to community leadership and decision-making structures that have long-lasting consequences for communities

Willie Sellars was born and raised in Williams Lake

and spiritual beliefs

and continue to create

When the cousins reach a grove of sage plants

True North Rising : My Fifty-year Journey with the Inuit and Dene Leaders Who Transformed Canada's North Sociology to illustrate how inalienability –Whit Fraser served as the first chairman of the Canadian Polar Commission and as the executive director of the national Inuit organization, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is married to Canadas first Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon. In this captivating memoir, Whit Fraser weaves scenes from more than fifty years of reporting and living in the North with fascinating portraits of the Dene and Inuit activists who successfully overturned the