Unveiling of women’s totems Saturday

Two totems honoring women will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday at the site of Alaska’s only Alaska Native Sisterhood Hall.

The Alaska Native Brotherhood, or “ANB,” has a long history of advocating for the Native peoples in Southeast. But the group’s sister organization, the Alaska Native Sisterhood, also is at the forefront of the Native cause.

Elizabeth Peratrovich, an activist and ANS grand president, gave pivotal testimony that resulted in a 1945 anti-discrimination law that…