<p>A wryly humorous and inspirational story about a proud Alaska Native family struggling to survive in two worlds. Sam and Louise Harper and their ten children make a soul-grinding transition into a modern white-dominated society where they face bigotry poverty and illness. Yet Louise the Athabascan matriarch remains in touch with centuries-old traditions of healing honoring nature's spirits and a belief that the spirits of all Athabascans one day will return to the waters of the Yukon River.</p><p><br></p>