Ray Mala: The First Inuit Hollywood Star by Trav S.D.

I never knew that Time magazine was in the business of naming "Top Ten Alaskans", but in 2009 the Iñupiaq actor Ray Mala (Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise, 1906-1952) made the list. The son of a Iñupiaq mother and a Russian Jewish father, Mala lucked into the film industry when explorers came through his native village on film shoots. Still […]

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