Alaska Native Studies 346

This collection contains administrative records of the Alaska Federation of Natives, International as well as the office files of Helen Marie Klein who served as Executive Secretary. Documents include business and organizational records, correspondence, court papers, literature from other Alaska Native organizations, general files, and legal files of cases involving AFNI and the Thirteenth Regional Corporation.

This collection consists of articles of incorporation for the Alaska Native Association of Oregon, documents relating to the lawsuit between the association and the Secretary of the Interior, grant files, correspondence, membership inquiries. newsletters, fund raising information, and other materials concerning the organization’s activities between 1971 and 1977.

This collection consists of records collected and/or created by the Institute of Social and Economic Research for the study of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and the resultant Alaska Native regional corporations. The majority of these records concern a Ford Foundation grant to study the development of Alaska Native regional corporations.

The collection consists of records relating to the administration and operation of the Thirteenth Regional Corporation. Included are records relating to the board, the shareholders, the management of the corporation, corporate finances, subsidiaries and business ventures, law cases, corporate land claims, and corporate publications. Among these are articles of incorporation, minutes, election materials, corporate reports, correspondence, shareholder lists, records of the general manager, legal documents, congressional legislation, corporate newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and videotapes.

The collection consists of files relating to the various Alaska Native organizations in which Billy B. Johnson was involved as well as papers related to his personal life, his mother Ada Blackjack Johnson, and the Jesse Lee Home. Included in organization files are articles of incorporation and bylaws, correspondence from Billy B. Johnson in his official capacities, and meeting minutes. Billy Blackjack Johnson was born in Nome, Alaska on September 13, 1924. He lived in the Jesse Lee Home in Seward for ten years, from 1927 to 1937 while his mother, Ada Blackjack Johnson, was recovering from tuberculosis.

The collection contains copies of materials related to the functioning of Klukwan, Inc. Records include board meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, reports, and records related to subsidiaries such as the Long Island Development Corp. and Klukwan Investments, Inc. Irene Sparks Rowan, a Tlingit Indian from Klukwan, served as president and board member of Klukwan, Inc. for several years.

The collection contains Janie Leask’s files subject files regarding the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), clippings of her regular column in the Anchorage Times, subject files on the Alaska Federation of Natives, and the texts of speeches she delivered. Janie Leask is Haida-Tsimshian and Irish-German and was raised in both Metlakatla and Anchorage. Ms. Leask spent fifteen years with the Alaska Federation of Natives starting in 1974, as the President of AFN from 1983 to 1989.

This collection consists of the records of the RurAL CAP organization from 1965-1981. These records include administrative, operations, and financial papers, as well as project files, publications, and photographs, audiocassette recordings of meetings, and moving image film. Besides containing information on the organization, the records also include documentation of change in rural Alaska resulting not only from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 but also from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

This collection consists primarily of the administrative records, correspondence, and subject and agency files of the Bristol Bay Native Association for the period 1968-1979. The records contain information on the operation and activities of the Bristol Bay Native Association, and on subjects and programs the association was involved in. These include native allotments, native education and school programs, community development programs, rural housing, fisheries, health programs, grants, the Alaska Federation of Natives, village governance, and other subjects.

The collection consists primarily of records relating to Roger Lang’s involvement in various native organizations in Alaska. Included are: records relating to lobbying and to various organizations including the Alaska Federation of Natives, the Alaska Native Foundation, Sealaska Corporation, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians, as well as various state boards and commissions. Types of records include: personal correspondence; speeches by Roger Lang and by others; drafts of speeches and articles; correspondence; copies of financial, legal, and administrative records of the various native organizations. Roger Lang was born in 1929 on the Annette Island Indian Reservation in Alaska.

A majority of this collection pertains to the organizations of which she was a member and her work to protect Alaska Native land rights. The collection has three series: organization and committee records, correspondence, and Alaska Native land rights legislation and research files. The organization and committee records series contains materials such as meeting notes, convention materials, articles of incorporation, resolutions, and publications produced by the organization or committee. The correspondence series contain correspondence related to her work on Alaska Native land rights. A majority of the letters are addressed to or forwarded to Alice Brown or the AFN Board of Directors. In addition, there are letters from organizations and committees sent out to their membership. Alaska Native Land Rights legislation and research files contain materials Alice Brown collected in her research, such as newspaper clippings, reports, and drafts of ANCSA federal and state legislation.

The collection consists of a tape and transcript of an interview of Howard Rock by Robert M. Fox in March, 1976. The interview was one of a series done for Leadership Programs and Alaska Native Perspectives: A Study to Promote University Awareness by Kathryn A. Hecht and Robert M. Fox. In the interview Rock discusses his education, employment history, a planned Alaska Native Leadership program, and Rock’s views on leadership. Howard Rock was born in Point Hope, Alaska in 1911 and was the editor of the Tundra Times.