People
The first Alaska Native elected to the Alaska territorial legislature in 1924.
William Paul, Sr.
The first Native political organization in the Territory of Alaska.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood
Religion that remains strong in the Aleutians and Kodiak Island.
Russian Orthodox
Two organizations that fought segregation, restrictive voting rights laws, and pursued equal rights for Native peoples.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood
The Alaska Native Sisterhood
Year that 20 Alaska Native languages became official languages of the state.
2015
Iñupiaq woman who was arrested for sitting in the ‘white’ section of a movie theater.
Alberta Schenck
Tlingit legal scholar who helped secure Alaska Native voting rights.
William Paul, Sr.
An American-era religious group that believed in strict English-only policies (name one).
Presbyterians, Catholics, Quakers
Iñupiat organization that advocated against proposed atomic blasts around Cape Thompson (Project Chariot).
Iñupiat Paitot
People’s Heritage
The term Alaska/Alaxxaq means ______ and comes from what language?
'The place the sea moves towards', Unangan (Aleut)
Presbyterian minister who was the first Commissioner of Education for Alaska
Sheldon Jackson
1924 act that granted full citizenship to Natives.
U.S. Indian Citizenship Act
A religious group that supported maintenance of Alaska Native languages to facilitate Christianization.
Russian Orthodox
Moravian
Athabascan organization that protested Alaska Railroad plans to route through burial grounds in Nenana.
Dena Nena Henash
Tanana Chiefs
Native language spoken on Kodiak Island, and parts of the Chugach region and Alaska Peninsula.
Sugcestun
Tlingit civil rights activist whose testimony was instrumental in the passing of the Alaska Civil Rights Act of 1945.
Elizabeth Peratrovich
The first anti-discrimination legislation in the nation (U.S.) was passed in ______ (place) in _____(year).
Alaska, 1945
Early Episcopalian missionary who learned Gwich’in.
Robert McDonald
Organization founded in Anchorage by Nick Gray and Emil Notti.
Cook Inlet Native Association
Alaska Native language related to the circumpolar Inuit languages.
Iñupiaq
Association founded by Willie Hensley for the Iñupiat villages in the Kobuk area.
Northwest Alaska Native Association
NANA
If the Statehood Act recognized Native rights to aboriginal lands, why was this a problem for Alaska Native peoples?
"The Statehood Act...did not include safeguards for protection or reference to the size of aboriginal lands...the new state government began claiming lands that were used by Natives" (The Alaska Native Reader, p. 207).
Early Moravian missionaries who learned Yup’ik.
John & Edith Kilbuck
Southeast Alaska Native organization formed in 1935.
Tlingit and Haida Central Council
Native language isolate spoken in southeast Alaska.
Haida
________ (person) established the Tundra Times in ____(year) for the purpose of ________.
Howard Rock, 1962, calling attention to land/development issues.
From The People and the Land video, why did Willie Hensley state that “Alaska Native people did not view ANCSA as a cause for wild celebration”?
Land was the focus, and Alaska Natives relinquished control of much of their traditional lands; ANCSA also extinguished aboriginal hunting and fishing rights
Why did King Island maintain a strong dance tradition during the missionization process while other regions did not?
Father LaFortune did not practice harsh English-only policies…he is also one of the very rare examples of a missionary who tolerated traditional music and dance practices (The Alaska Native Reader, p. 156).
The largest private landowner in Alaska (Native corporation).
Doyon, Limited
Alaska Native languages added to the 'official languages' list in 2024.
Lower Tanana
Middle Tanana
Cup'ig
Wetał
Why do you think Maria Williams describes the term 'Alaska Native' as pejorative?
It' too generic; lumps diverse cultures together under one 'umbrella term'.
The Alaska Literacy Law of 1926 mandated that a person could vote only if they were able to read the ___________.
Jesuit missionary who learned Iñupiaq.
Belarmine LaFortune
Organization founded by 56 Yup'ik federally recognized tribes.
Association of Village Council Presidents
There are ___ official Alaska Native languages in Alaska (as of 2024).
23