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Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood: History and Impact

Explore the history and significance of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) in Southeast Alaska. Learn about indigenous languages, early Alaska history, the Alaska Territory, assimilation, civil rights leaders, Native land rights, discrimination, and the importance of studying Alaska's history.

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Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood: History and Impact

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  1. Brainstormer #1Pre-Assessment • Do you know what the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) & Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) are? • Have you ever heard of them? If not, take a guess at what you think they might be. • What does their name tell you about them, even if you haven’t heard of them before? • Are there any other Alaska Native organizations you know about here in Southeast Alaska? What are they and what do they do? • Do you know the names of the groups of Alaska Native peoples that live here in Southeast Alaska? What are they?

  2. Brainstormer #2Early Alaska History • Do you know what languages Native Alaskans in Southeast speak? What are they? Do you know any words in the languages? • How long have Native Alaskans lived here? Were they the first people to live on this land? Does being the first people to live in an area mean that it belongs to you? • What does ‘indigenous’ mean and what is an ‘indigenous’ person or group of people? • What is a belief system or worldview? Give an example of a belief about the world. • Do you know or have you heard any Native Alaskan stories? What are they? Why do/did Alaska Natives tell stories?

  3. Brainstormer #3The Alaska Territory • Have you ever heard of William Seward or “Seward’s Folly”? What do you know about him? • When was Alaska purchased from Russia by the U.S.? • What is a ‘territory’? What’s the difference between a state and a territory? How many territories does the U.S. have right now? What are their names? • Do people who live in a territory of the U.S. have the same rights as people who live in a state of the U.S.? • Do you think that when the U.S. bought Alaska the Native people who were already here automatically became U.S. citizens? • If the United States bought Alaska from Russia, did the Russians by Alaska from the far more numerous Alaska Natives? Why not?

  4. Brainstormer #4The Beginning of ANB & ANS • What does ‘assimilation’ mean? Why might one group of people want to assimilate into another group? • What is lost/given up when one group of people are forced to assimilate into another group? How did Alaska Native people overcome complete assimilation in the past? How did enforced assimilation disrupt their spiritual/family/social structure? • Can you think of a time in your life when you assimilated (entering middle school, joining a team). What did you change about yourself in order to assimilate?

  5. Brainstormer #5ANB & ANS Civil Rights andPolitical Leaders • Have you heard of these people before? What do you know about them?: • Elizabeth & Roy Peratrovich • William Paul • Dr. Walter Soboleff • Ernest Gruening • Dwight Eisenhower • Can you think of any other important people from Alaskan history? Who were they & what did they do?

  6. Brainstormer #6(ANCSA & ANILCA) • What are ‘aboriginal lands’? Take a guess if you don’t know. • Have you heard of ANCSA (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act)? What do you think it is? • Have you hear of ANILCA (Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act)? What do you think it is? • Do you think that Alaska Natives should be able to keep the land their ancestors have lived on for thousands of years, or should the U.S. government be allowed to use it for whatever they want? • Who is it that decides if land is open to everyone or only belongs to certain people?

  7. Brainstormer #7(NB & ANS Today • Do you know the names of the Alaska Native ‘Regional Corporations’ here in Southeast Alaska? Do you belong to one or know someone who belongs to one? • What is ‘discrimination’? Think of some examples of how people can be discriminated against? • Do you think that Alaska Natives are still discriminated against today? Why or why not? • Have you ever been discriminated against? What did it feel like? • What are some ways we can stop discrimination in our school, our community, our country?

  8. Brainstormer #8Post-Assessment • Why is it important to study the history of our state? • Why is it important to study the history of the Alaska Native people and how they fought for equal rights? • What are 3 things you learned in this unit about Alaska history that you didn’t know before? • What are civil rights and how did the creation of ANB & ANS help lead to them for Alaska Natives?

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