Peratrovich family papers

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Peratrovich family papers

1929-2001; bulk 1939-2001

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.078

The Peratrovich family papers include correspondence, personal papers, and newsclippings related to civil rights work done by Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich in Alaska in the mid-twentieth century.

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National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658137

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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Peratrovich, Roy.

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Peratrovich, Elizabeth Jean, 1911-1958

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Elizabeth Jean Peratrovich (b. July 4, 1911, Petersburg, AK–d. December 1, 1958, Seattle, WA) was an important civil rights activist; she worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, she was credited with advocacy that gained the passage of the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States....

Alaska Native Sisterhood

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Alaska Native Brotherhood

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The Alaska Native Brotherhood is a nonprofit, fraternal organization established in 1912. The organization has served Alaska in many ways, including assisting in the development of society and in the preservation of Native culture, and ensuring that all people are treated equally. From the description of Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 2 Records (Sealaska Heritage Institute). WorldCat record id: 748446463 ...