In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, cuminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws. Narrated by Peter Coyote, Produced and Directed by Jeffry Lloyd Silverman, Edited by Stevan M. Smith. Written by Jeffry Lloyd Silverman, Diane E. Benson, and Stevan M. Smith. Length: 57 minutes. Funded by the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, The Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Humanities Forum, The Sealaska Corporation, The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska Airlines. Copyright 2009 Blueberry Productions, Inc.