Billy Blackjack Johnson papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Billy Blackjack Johnson papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

1929-1997

https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0384/

The collection consists of files relating to the various Alaska Native organizations in which Billy B. Johnson was involved as well as papers related to his personal life, his mother Ada Blackjack Johnson, and the Jesse Lee Home. Included in organization files are articles of incorporation and bylaws, correspondence from Billy B. Johnson in his official capacities, and meeting minutes.

2.4 cubic feet

eng, Latn

University of Alaska, Anchorage

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658717

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Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983

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Ada Delutuk Blackjack was born on May 10, 1898 in the Iñupiat village of Spruce Creek, in what was then known as the District of Alaska. Her mother sent her to Nome when she was eight years old. There, Methodist missionaries taught her to read, write, and sew. Also called Ada Blackjack Johnson, she married, had children with, and divorced a man named Johnson. Far from home and without money, she was forced to place their only surviving son, Bennett, in an orphanage and found work as a seamstress...