1. Early Alaska history and his arrival and early days in Alaska.
gold -- search\ roadhouses\ dogs -- driving\ Wien, Noel\ flying\ airplane\ prospectors\ airplane -- crash\ airplane -- repair\ Walker Lake\ Walker Lake -- first people\ arrowheads\ exploration\ early man\ Lake Peter\ Giddings, Louis\ journey -- walked\ Fairbanks\ Kotzebue\ hunting\ trapping\ travel -- river crossing\ Alaska -- arrival\ Steamship -- Yukon\ Seward\ Anchorage\ U.S. Army Signal Corps\ telephone lines\ Nome\ caribou -- wrapped in wires\ University\ Alaska -- appreciation\ land use\ raft\ Walker Lake\ land -- selection of\ Walker Lake -- living at\ land -- love of\ remote lifestyle -- benefits of\ welfare\ lifestyle -- independent\ security\ city life -- dependence|

2. Life at Walker Lake and living off the land.
Walker Lake\ lifestyle -- remote\ survival\ life -- independent\ lifestyle -- schedule\ family -- enjoyment of\ people -- caring for\ city life\ lectures\ people -- meeting\ dignity\ old-timers\ Walker Lake -- current conditions\ Gates of the Arctic National Park\ animals -- changes\ park vs. wilderness\ National Park -- creation of\ President Carter\ people -- number of\ people -- attitude\ respect -- lack of\ wilderness -- protection of\ people -- change in numbers\ animal populations -- disruption of\ Brooks Range -- arrival in\ U.S. Army\ research\ Helmericks, Martha -- wife\ wilderness -- values\ wilderness -- enjoyment of\ canoe\ animals -- respect\ nature -- study of\ land -- protection\ work -- enjoyment of\ Eskimos\ Indians\ cabin\ home -- naming of|

3. Traveling around northern Alaska and learning to fly.
country -- exploring\ walking\ airplane\ invention\ reading -- impact of\ memory\ history\ hearing\ African people\ Eskimo people\ flying -- learning\ flying -- joys of\ perspective\ flying -- navigation\ money\ flying -- business\ Arctic\ north coast -- population\ making living\ lifestyle -- self-sufficient\ subsistence\ politics\ land -- knowledge of\ tools\ building\ fishing\ berry picking\ land -- living off\ childhood -- ranch\ Arizona\ Illinois\ Alaska -- arrival\ Depression\ Alaska Statehood\ Fairbanks\ state -- boundary|

4. Native story about Walker Lake, and the life of George Woods who lived in the Colville River delta.
Arizona\ birthdate\ Natives\ Walker Lake -- fear of\ legend -- fish\ Walker Lake -- island\ fish -- killing of\ personal beliefs -- respect for\ miracle\ Eskimo\ Athabascan\ cabin -- building\ Lake -- stayed off\ respect\ Woods, George and Nannie\ gold rush\ Kotzebue\ Woods, George -- parents\ illness -- influenza\ death\ Kobuk River\ Norutak Lake\ placename -- meaning of\ starvation times\ survival\ trail -- code of\ fish\ prospectors\ Alatna\ boundary -- Eskimos and Indians\ mission school\ name -- meaning of\ Woods, Georgie K.|

5. Continuation of George Woods' life history and the Helmericks' relationship with him.
Woods, George\ miners\ English -- learning\ Arctic -- coast\ John River\ Anaktuvuk Pass\ Seegers, John \ prospecting\ Barter Island\ population -- coastal\ trading post\ Bureau of Indian Affairs\ children -- paid for\ marriage\ missionaries\ Woods, Nannie\ Woods, Nannie -- children\ Colville River\ neighbors\ Helmericks, Martha\ Woods, Martha\ death\ hospital -- reputation of\ name -- meaning of\ Barrow -- move to\ fuel\ exploration\ Canada\ ship -- Northstar\ Brower, Tom\ fishing -- commercial|

6. An experience with people at Chandler Lake and traditional beliefs about name reincarnation.
story\ flying -- Brooks Range\ storm\ Chandler Lake\ visibility -- lack of\ airplane -- landing\ Paneak, Simon\ tent -- skin\ tea\ hospitality\ man -- death\ gas box\ grave\ story -- death of wife\ Bettles\ disease\ World War I\ Christianity\ burial -- pocket knife\ death -- sign of\ igloo\ storm -- listen to\ airplane -- check on\ northern lights\ baby -- crying\ reincarnation\ girl\ man -- great hunter\ name -- changing of|

7. Charlie and Tom Brower of Barrow, Alaska.
Walker Lake\ life -- changes\ fear\ flying -- beginning\ airplane -- emergency gear\ gun possession\ laws\ Canada\ Woods, George and Nannie\ North Slope\ Brower, Tom\ Brower, Charlie\ Barrow\ church\ school\ hospital\ Greist, Doctor\ beliefs -- traditional\ death -- childbirth\ death -- accidents\ church -- factions\ complaints -- missionary\ Missionary Board\ missionary -- departure\ Explorer's Club\ Browers -- entrepenuers\ family -- inheritance\ post office -- C.O.D.'s\ money\ trade -- fox skins\ mail\ jail\ assets -- seisure of\ government\ Brower, David\ assets -- sale of\ Brower, Tom -- businessman|

8. Barrow history and thoughts about the Gates of the Arctic National Park land use policies.
Brower family\ Barrow\ North Slope Borough\ drugs\ alcohol\ death -- drinking\ drinking -- problem\ Barrow -- buildings\ Brower, Tom\ government -- agencies\ U.S. Bureau of Standards\ U. S. Weather Bureau\ agencies -- isolation\ money -- circulation of\ church\ business\ missionary\ village economics\ personal checks\ money -- collecting\ life -- change\ life -- modernization\ Walker Lake -- importance of\ balance -- need for\ President Carter\ Vietnam\ helicopters -- effects of|

9. Land use policies and creation of Gates of the Arctic National Park.
lifestyle -- freedom\ land -- ownership\ Stevens, Ted\ land use -- policy\ National Park -- boundary\ Walker Lake\ park -- protection\ park -- land use\ economics\ lifestyle -- limits of\ people -- number of\ tent\ radio -- walkie-talkie\ problems -- bear\ trail -- bear\ Alaska -- U.S government\ oil development\ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge\ lies\ polar bear -- presence of\ caribou -- presence of\ Refuge -- "Barrens"\ oil -- need for\ electricity -- generation of\ caribou -- increase in\ airplane hanger\ Arctic -- facing self\ Walker Lake -- first impression\ mountains\ water\ politicians -- respect for\ demands\ tax\ budget -- balancing|

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