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Artist Michaela Goade (Tlingit) designed this gorgeous depiction of Elizabeth Peratrovich
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Google honors civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich with new Doodle - http://UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/12/30/Google-honors-civil-rights-activist-Elizabeth-Peratrovich-with-new-Doodle/5601609327620/
Artist Michaela Goade (Tlingit) designed this gorgeous depiction of Elizabeth Peratrovich
1/Google honors civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich with new Doodle - http://UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/12/30/Google-honors-civil-rights-activist-Elizabeth-Peratrovich-with-new-Doodle/5601609327620/
Elizabeth Peratrovich is known for her speech on the Alaskan territorial legislative floor in 1945- swaying the Alaska legislature to pass the Alaska Equal Rights Act (aka anti discrimination bill). The act failed to pass in 1943 & Natives turned out in full force to pass it 2/
At the time, Elizabeth Peratrovich was president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) an Indigenous activist organization that partnered with the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) to advocate for not only equal rights- but also aboriginal land rights 3/
In my chapter in the anthology “Suffrage at 100” Ed @Prof_ST & Leandra Zarnow- I argue that Elizabeth Peratrovich used colonial language like that of the US constitution to assert Indigenous rights. 4/
As president she also partnered with colonial organizations like 4-H Club & Boy Scouts to provide resources for Native families. In addition to recruiting other ANB & ANS chapters across Alaska including Inupiat regions she partnered w/ the National Council of American Indians /5
In addition to her elocution in 1945 highlighting segregation as anti-democratic, Elizabeth Peratrovich played a key role in organizing pan-Alaska Native activism, in providing domestic resources for Native families, and in improving health services & housing for Native families.
