Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska

In this nonfiction account, Michael D'Orso chronicles a season with the Fort Yukon Eagles, a high school basketball team in a remote Alaskan village along the Yukon River. Following the team from their 2004 preseason through the 2005 Alaska state championship, the book explores not only the players' dedication to the sport but also the tight-knit Gwich'in Athabascan community that rallies around them. Through vivid portraits of the fourteen team members, their families, and their coach, the story reveals how basketball serves as a vital force of unity and identity for this Arctic village.