Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Ramy Brooks, Peter Kalifornsky, Diane E. Benson, Walt Monegan, Morris Thompson, Loren Leman, Chief Shakes, Ray Mala, Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Benjamin Haldane, Emmitt Peters, Ernestine Hayes, Elizabeth Peratrovich, Nathan Jackson, Dorothy Grant, Alaska Natives, Byron Mallott, John Baker, William Paul, Anfesia Shapsnikoff, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, David Salmon, Reggie Joule, Uyaquk, Velma Wallis, Marie Smith Jones, John Fredson, Alvin Eli Amason, Pamela Rae Huteson, Albert Kookesh, Olga Michael, Mary Youngblood, Neal Foster, Don Wright, Sahneuti, Woodie Salmon, Sarah James, Walter Harper, Joan Kane, Aleksey Yachmenev, Leontiy Sivstov. Excerpt: Ramy "Ray" Brooks (born December 24, 1968 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an Alaska Native kennel owner and operator, motivational speaker, and dog musher who specializes in long-distance races. He is a two-time runner up in the 1,049+ mi (1,600+ km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska, and a former winner of the 1,000 mi (1,600 km) Yukon Quest dog sled race across both Canada and the U.S. He is currently on probation from the Iditarod after completing a two year suspension for beating his animals, one of which died the day after the beating. Brooks is descended from the Yupik Eskimos and Athabascan Indians, two of the indigenous groups who were the first to mush dogs in Alaska. His grandfather, Gareth Wright, was a competitive musher who won both major Alaskan sled dog races of the 1940s, the American Championship (twice), and the Fur Rendezvous World Championship (three times). Wright was also a dog breeder and kennel owner who became known for breeding the Wright's Aurora Husky from the Irish Setter, the St. Lawrence Siberian Husky, and village dogs. Brooks's mother is Roxy Wright (or Wright-Champaine), another kennel owner and competitive musher. She became t...