Topic - Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. - Source: Wikipedia

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This undated line drawing released by the U.S. Mint shows a new $1 coin that features Elizabeth Peratrovich, a young Alaska Native woman who left an impression on Alaska's territorial Senate in 1945 by persuading the body to pass one of the nation's first anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. Mint unveiled the design on Oct. 5, 2019, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood convention in Anchorage. The coin features a portrait of the late civil rights leader, composed and graceful, her hair in tight rolls, above words that highlight her legacy: &quot;Anti-discrimination Law of 1945.&quot; An image of a raven, depicting her Tlingit lineage, soars near her. The 2020 Native American coin will go on sale early next year. (U.S. Mint via AP)

Alaska Native leader Peratrovich commemorated on $1 coin

By ALEX DeMARBAN - Associated Press

FILE - U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. A policy intended to protect against the illegal trade of ivory has prompted a creative works online sales website to cancel accounts held by Alaska Native artists, who can legally use ivory in their artwork. Sullivan asked the chief executive officer of Etsy to reconsider its policy to allow Alaska Natives to continue to sell products made from walrus tusks or from petrified wooly mammoth remains found in the nation's most remote state. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Etsy.com stops letting Alaska Native artists sell ivory work

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press