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This Day in Alaska History-March 8th, 1915

By Alaska Native News on Mar 8, 2025 Featured, This Day in Alaskan History

Three years following the establishment of the Alaska Native Brotherhood in 1912, the Alaska Native Sisterhood was founded on March 8th, 1915 in the Tlingit village of Haines. ANS immediately began working with ANB on issues of civil and voting rights. The group also lent assistance with the passage of the Native Citizen Act of […]

Sealaska Congratulates Alaska Native Sisterhood on 100-Year Anniversary

By Dixie Hutchinson | Sealaska on Oct 16, 2015 Featured, Southeast Alaska

Some of the first meetings of the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) were documented on brown paper bags. “I recall my mother, Louise Bradley, telling me the group of ladies didn’t have enough money for paper during the formation years for ANS,” said former ANS Camp #1 President Marge Byrd. “But that didn’t stop them from […]