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A Recollection of
Civil Rights Leader
Elizabeth Peratrovich
1911-1958
Compiled by
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Edward K. Thomas, President
Employment and Training Division
Sharon Olsen, Division Manager
Wanda Culp, Researcher
August 1991
Dedication
To the children of the Alaska Native People
Sponsored by
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand Camp
&
Alaska Native Sisterhood Grand Camp
Sealaska Corporation
Table of Contents
ULTIMATE CIVILIZATION 1741-1867
126 years of Russian Occupation
A TRANSACTION—A TRANSITION
1867-19O5
U.S. Purchase
Organic Act of 1884
1897 Petition from Orthodox Residents to the
Imperial Russian Ambassador
Letter from Bishop Nicholas of Alaska
to U.S. President
1898 Petition from Tlingits Chiefs to U.S.
President
1904 and 1905 inconsistent court decisions
on Citizenship
STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY 1911-1939
July 4, 1911 Elizabeth Peratrovich Born
1912 Alaska gained a Legislature and ANB was
Founded
1915 ANS Founded
1924 U.S. Congress granted American Citizenship
to Native Americans
1925-27 William Paul Sr. elected to Legislature
1939 Ernest Gruening Appointed Alaska's Governor
PREPARING FOR BATTLE
1940 Roy Peratrovich Elected ANB Grand Camp
President
1941 ANB/ANS Convention in Hydaburg
ANB/ANS and Governor Gruening combine efforts
1943 1st anti-discrimination bill defeated
Alaska Legislature enlarged
1944 Frank Peratrovich and Andrew Hope elected
to Legislature
1944 ANB/ANS Convention in Kake
THE BATTLE 1945
The Legislature and Elizabeth Peratrovich
ANB/ANS Convention in Angoon
ELIZABETH PERATROVICH, CIVIL RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN LEADER
About her life and other involvements
The Brotherhood bridge
WHERE WE ARE TODAY
Alaska Native influence on the Legislature
Education, Tlingit and Haida Central Council,
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day Celebrations
Link to Index of Letters
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