Juneau – Today, the Alaska House of Representatives passed House Bill 275 to designate October 18th as Indigenous Peoples Day to coincide with Alaska Day. HB 275 is sponsored by Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage).h
In one week the legislative session will reach its halfway point of 45 days. There is still so much to do here in Juneau and I expect the pace to quicken with every day. Even with that quickening pace I want to make sure that I still reach out to you all every week and give you a brief report about some of the more interesting things that occurred during the past 7 days.
Today, the Alaska state Senate voted unanimously to set aside November 14 of each year to honor the life and work of Dr. Walter A Soboleff, a revered Tlingit elder who passed away in 2011 at the age of 102. Late last month, the Alaska state House passed the measure which now goes to the governor for his signature.
Day honors Tlingit Elder, Minister, storyteller, scholar, businessman. Today, the Alaska state House of Representatives voted unanimously to set aside November 14 of each year to honor the life and work of Dr. Walter A Soboleff, a revered Tlingit elder who passed away in 2011 at the age of 102.
“Someday all of our Native people will once again be totally fluent in their own Native tongue as well as English”
Ceremony today at 1:30 p.m. at Fort Wainwright
Representative Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) has the honor of speaking at the Fort Wainwright 2013 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Observance today
at 1:30 p.m.
