Transcript The History of ANB ANS - Goldbelt Heritage Foundation

The History of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood & Alaska
Native Sisterhood in
Southeast Alaska
1
Geography of Alaska
2
Alaska Native Groups
3
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
4
The Founding Fathers of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood
 Peter Simpson, Tsimshian
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
Rise of the ANB
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.
6
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
7
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.
8
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
9
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
10
ANB & ANS
Cultural Heritage
Legacy
Tlingit Culture &
Language
Alaska Native Dancing
Alaska Native Art &
Carving
11
Current ANB & ANS Issues
Subsistence for Alaska Natives
Sitka Cultural Center Protest
ANB/ANS Conference &
Constitution Changes
Legacy of ANB & ANS
 Gained recognition of Native rights
as U.S. citizens.
 Won the right for Alaska Natives to
vote.
 Integrated public schools.
 Helped support the first Alaska
Natives to be elected to the Alaska
territorial Legislature.
 Helped initiate Tlingit and Haida land
claims and later ANCSA.
 Helped pass the Native Civil Rights
Law in Alaska.
 Helped fight for Alaska Native
subsistence rights.
 Promotes continuing cultural
education for Alaska Native children.
13
The Importance of Ku’ik
Koo.eex (Potlatch) Introduction
In honor of what we’ve learned about ANB, ANS, and the
Tlingit culture in this unit we will have a class potluck to
share food and present the Bloom Ball projects you’ve
created. Everyone will bring a food dish to share and
families/community members are invited to join us.
14