Gilbert (Gil) Truitt Photograph Collection, ca. 1917 – 1975

Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)

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Wrangell Institute (Alaska)

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Wrangell Institute was an American Indian boarding school in Wrangell, Alaska, United States, operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for natives of Alaska. It operated from 1932 until 1975. The Wrangell Institute was established in 1932 by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on a site a few miles south of Wrangell. In its first year, it had 71 students. It was described as "one of the pet projects of the Roosevelt Administration". Children were forced by the BIA to attend th...

Mt. Edgecumbe High School (Sitka, AK)

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Mt. Edgecumbe High School (MEHS) is a public boarding high school in Sitka, Alaska in the United States. Established in 1947 after the military abandoned the area, the school was originally operated by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as part of a network of boarding high schools, which included schools in Eklutna and Wrangell. After several decades of operation by the BIA, the school was briefly closed in the 1980s before being reopened by the Alaska Department of Education, which ope...

Truitt, Gil.

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Gil Truitt was born and raised in Sitka. Orphaned at the age of 13, he raised himself to adulthood. He was a teacher, basketball coach, administrator at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka from 1956 till 1990. He has a BA from Harding University, 1956, an MA in Education Administration from Arizona State University, 1971, and an honorary Dr. of Law from the University of Alaska Anchorage. A street in Sitka is named in his honor and the auditorium at Mt Edgecumbe High School is named "Gil Truitt A...

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 ...