The History of the Alaska Native Brotherhood & Alaska Native Sisterhood in Southeast Alaska

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The History of the Alaska

Native Brotherhood & Alaska
Native Sisterhood in
Southeast Alaska
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Geography of Alaska
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Alaska Native Groups
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The ANB & ANS Began
in Sitka, Alaska in 1912
The Alaska Native
Brotherhood Hall

was built in 1914 on
the waterfront in
Sitka. It is now a
national historic
landmark.

ANB Hall
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The Founding Fathers of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood
- Peter Simpson, Tsimshian
Rise of the ANB
Canadian (“Father of ANB”)
- Ralph Young, Sitka
- Chester Worthington,
Wrangell
- James C. Johnson, Klawock
- Paul Liberty, Sitka
- Seward Kunz, Juneau
- Frank Mercer, Juneau
- Frank Price, Sitka
- George Field, Klawock
- Eli Katanook, Angoon
- James Watson, Juneau
- William Hobson, Angoon
- Andrew Wanamaker, Sitka
ANB & ANS Constitution
Preamble
The purpose of this organization shall be to assist and encourage the Native
in his advancement from his Native state to his place among the cultivated
races of the world, to oppose, to discourage, and to overcome the narrow
injustices of race prejudice, to commemorate the fine qualities of the Native
races of North America, to preserve their history, lore, art and virtues, to
cultivate the morality, education, commerce, and civil government of
Alaska, to improve individual and municipal health and laboring conditions,
and to create a true respect in Natives and in other persons with whom they
deal for the letter and spirit of the Declaration Independence and the
Constitution and laws of the United States.
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The Alaska Native Sisterhood -
Promoting Alaska Native
Women’s Rights since 1926
Panel Discusses Alaska Native Sisterhood
Elizabeth Peratrovich - Alaska Native Sisterhood
Grand President and Civil Rights Leader
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ANB & ANS Political and Cultural
Leaders
William Paul (1885-1977) - An attorney,
legislator, and political activist from the Tlingit
nation of Southeastern Alaska. He was known as a
leader in the Alaska Native Brotherhood.
Elizabeth Peratrovich (1911-1958) - An important
Alaska civil rights activist, working on behalf of
equality for Alaska Native peoples. She was the
single driving force behind the passage of the
state's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first
anti-discrimination law in the United States.
Dr. Walter Soboleff (1908-2011) - An American
Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Soboleff
was the first Alaska Native to become an ordained
Presbyterian minister.
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The Alaska Federation of Natives
AFN Origins
The Alaska Federation of
Natives was formed in October
1966, when more than 400
Alaska Natives representing 17
Native organizations gathered
for a three-day conference to
address Alaska Native
aboriginal land rights. From
1966 to 1971, AFN worked
primarily to achieve passage of
a just and fair land settlement.
On December 18, 1971 the
Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (ANCSA) was
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signed into law.
Alaska Territory & Statehood
Russian Alaska and its Legacy
The Purchase of Alaska by the U.S. From Russia
(“Seward’s Folly”)
Alaska Becomes the 49th State
The Alaska Flag Song
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