Career
Attla was the subject of a 1993 book titled George Attla: The Legend of the Sled-dog Trail, by Lewis "Lew" Freedman. In 1974 Attla wrote a book titled "Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs". Attla died of B-cell lymphoma in February 2015.
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous First place finishes: 1958, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, and 1982.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race In 1973 Attla placed fourth in the inaugural Iditarod. On April 25, 1998, the governor of Alaska, Steve Cowper, declared April 29 as George Attla Day.
Attla was the focus of the movie Spirit of the Wind.