Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Alaska
- Date: Beginning 1912
Article abstract: Significance: Founded to fight social and political discrimination against Alaska Natives, the Alaska Native Brotherhood is the oldest modern Alaska Native or American Indian organization in the United States.
With the stated goal of winning citizenship for Alaska Natives, twelve men and one woman formed the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) in Sitka in 1912. One member was Tsimshian; the rest were Tlingit. A companion organization, the Alaska Native Sisterhood, is variously reported to have been established in 1915 or 1923. Within a decade there...
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