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Robert Arthur Alexie

Robert Arthur Alexie (1957–2014) was a novelist and land-claim negotiator. Born and raised in Fort McPherson in the Northwest Territories, he became the chief of the Tetlit Gwich'in of Fort McPherson, served two terms as vice president of the Gwich'in Tribal Council and helped obtain a land-claim agreement for the Gwich'in of the Northwest Territories.