When Richard Folta returns to Haines in early March, he’ll have a book to promote.

Folta, a 75-year-old attorney and second-generation Alaskan, has self-published the novel “Raven Created the World,” his third book.

“It’s about a resurgence of a pre-Western, indigenous people who were devastated by disease and manmade and other kinds of disasters and, of course, the highlight is the issue on artifacts loss,” Folta said. “It’s just, pretty much, a day-to-day struggle to…