George Attla Explained
George Attla (August 8, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a champion sprint dog musher.[4] Attla won ten Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Championships and eight North American Open championships[5] with a career that spanned from 1958 to 2011.[6] Attla was the subject of a 1993 book titled George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail, by Lewis "Lew" Freedman.[7]
In 1974 Attla wrote a book titled Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs.[8] Attla died of B-cell lymphoma in February 2015.[9]
Major mushing victories and finishes
Legacy
Notes and References
- Web site: Daily News-Miner Obituary. . 5 March 2015.
- Book: Freedman. Lew. Spirit of the Wind. 2000. Epicenter Press. 9780945397939. 16.
- Web site: Legendary sprint musher George Attla dies. 16 February 2015.
- Web site: Alaska Native mushing icon George Attla hopes to boost sport in villages. 16 February 2015.
- Web site: For bedridden mushing legend George Attla, 81, the journey continues. 16 February 2015.
- Web site: No stopping George Attla: Setbacks don't keep legendary musher off the runners. Newsminer. 16 February 2015.
- Book: Freedman. Lew. George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail. registration. 1993. Stackpole Books. 204.
- Book: Levorsen. as told by George Attla to Bella. The Iditarod: the most demanding race of all. 1974. Arner. Rome, N.Y.. 0914124021. 2nd. registration.
- News: Legendary Alaska scurry musher George Attla dies . 17 February 2015 . Fairbanks Daily News . 16 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217045623/http://www.aknewsfeed.com/fairbanks/legendary-alaska-sprint-musher-george-attla-dies-fairbanks-daily-news/ . 17 February 2015 .
- Web site: Who are the winners of the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous dog races?. 16 February 2015.
- Web site: Musher Career Summary. 16 February 2015.
- Web site: George Attla – Making of a Champion Role Model.
- News: Dunham. Mike. Film about legendary musher George Attla returns to the screen. 17 February 2015. Alaska Dispatch News. 27 February 2014.
- http://rpm.fm/news/queens-indigenous-music-buffy-ste-marie-tanya-tagaq-unite-got-run-spirit-wind/ Queens of Indigenous Music Buffy Ste-Marie and Tanya Tagaq Unite for “You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)”