February 16 is designated as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day,
in honor of Elizabeth Peratrovich for the work she did to insure passage
of the anti-discrimination bill in Alaska in 1945.
A Recollection of Civil Right
Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich, 1911-1958
Available
at the Indian Education Office, Anchorage School
District
Compiled by the Central Council of
Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska. Includes
background information on the fight for equal
rights in Alaska and Elizabeth Peratrovich's
contribution to this effort.
Six Alaskan Native Women Leaders:
Pre-statehood by Michael Oleksa
Available
at the Indian Education Office, Anchorage School District
Includes information on Belle Herbert, Della Keats,
Maggie Lind, Elizabeth Peratrovich, Anfesia Shapsnikoff,
and Sophia Vlasoff. Father Oleksa includes a fine introduction
on what things were like in Alaska at the time, giving
background for the struggle of the Native peoples and
their rights.
Peratrovich Family Papers
Available
at the Indian Education Office, Anchorage School
District
Papers collected by Roy Peratrovich,
Sr. includes news clippings, correspondence, draft
legislation, and his speeches and writings relating
to Native rights and interests in Alaska. Includes
the landmark anti-discrimination law providing
for equal accommodation privileges to all citizens,
the establishment in 1988 of Elizabeth Wanamaker
Peratrovich Day (February 16), and activities of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
The Elizabeth Peratrovich
Players. A Rain Country Video #713,
30 min., 1992.
Available at the Indian Education
Office, Anchorage School District
Film focus
is on Hoonah High School students as they learn
about Elizabeth Peratrovich and present her life
in a play researched and written by Wanda Culp.
Video can be divided into two parts for presenting
to students. Part one introduces the players
practicing and what they are learning about themselves
as they learn about Elizabeth. Part two is the
actual play the students present at the Grand
Camp meeting of the ANB/ANS. Also available is
the script of the play.
Dauenhauer, Nora Marks and Dauenhauer, Richard.
Haa Kusteeyi': Our Culture, Tlingit Life Stories.
Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1994. Biographies
of Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich are included in the
collection of biographies.
Anchorage Daily News, June 6, 1988. "In
Memory of a Rights Advocate"
Tundra Times, June 20, 1988. "Feb.
16: Elizabeth Peratrovich Day"
A Dogpile
Internet search under "Elizabeth
Peratrovich" produced over 40 sites.
Teacher resources
for celebrating Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, February 16