SitNews - Canadian Tsimshian Was A Leader For Alaska Native Rights By DAVE KIFFER

SitNews - Canadian Tsimshian Was A Leader For Alaska Native Rights By DAVE KIFFER

Ketchikan, Alaska - Although the vast majority of the leaders in the Alaska Native civil rights movement were Tlingits, one of the founders and early leaders was a Tsimshian, originally from Canada, named Peter Simpson.

Simpson was one of the founders of the Alaskan Native Brotherhood in 1912, the only non Tlingit among the early advocates. And many in the Native community consider him one of the forces behind Native land claims efforts...

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