Description
As the Bush administration used to be pressuring Congress to open the Refuge to oil drilling, Bass traveled to Arctic Village to enroll in the native Gwich-in in their annual caribou hunt. He wanted to witness and report on what we all stand to lose if that comes to pass.
Caribou Rising details Bass’s time hunting in addition to talking with the Gwich-in and their leaders, and offers his reflections on the profound differences between that culture and our own, and on the ancient physical and non secular connection between the Gwich-in and the caribou.
Those who read this strange testament to the Refuge, the caribou, and the Gwich-in will come to appreciate the interconnectedness of all three, and cannot help but be inspired to make a stand in their defense.