Henry Gernhardt
Musician in Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Shortly after I was born in the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland, my parents accepted a posting with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As a result, my earliest memories are of the stark muskeg of the Yukon Delta of Alaska. I recall one-room huts, potlatches, winters with almost no sunlight, and summers with little darkness with which to sleep.
Returning to the lower 48 at the age of five was a bit of culture shock. I was accustomed to the way things worked in an Eskimo village. Tho... More
