Heroine

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Elizabeth Peratrovich, a Tlingit Indian of Southeast Alaska and president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, is profiled in the light of a performance by actress Diane E. Benson of her one-woman show "When My Spirit Raised Its Hands: The Story of Elizabeth Peratrovich". A speech by Peratrovich in front of the Alaska Territorial Legislature was responsible for the passage of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Act.

Author: Stabenow, Dana
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2003
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Public affairs, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Discrimination, Personality profile, Tlingits, Peratrovich, Elizabeth, Benson, Diane E.

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Haines idyll

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A personal account of a trip to Haines, Alaska. Haines was initially a summer fishing camp for Tlingit Indians before naturalist John Muir and missionary S. Hall Young arrived their in 1879 and established a mission. The town is the home to the 48,000-acre Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, home to 4,000 eagles, and offers a number of attractions during the summer for tourists.

Author: Stabenow, Dana
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2004
Personal narratives, Travel, History, Haines, Alaska

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Seward's Mural in a Day

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Jon Van Zyle, artist of record for Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and other local artists design and draw a different mural in Seward, Alaska, every year.

Author: Stabenow, Dana
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2003
Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting, Iditarod Trail Race (Sled dog race), Seward, Alaska, Van Zyle, Jon

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Subjects list: Portrayals, Works, Alaska, Description and travel
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