Alaska Native Brotherhood
News
In accordance with the plans adopt
ed by the last Convention at Kake,
William L. Paul will start on a trip
to visit all the Local Camps begin
ning about February 20th.
The Sisterhood at Kasaan called
a special meeting recently and adopt
ed plans to raise money for the ex
penses of the Convention’s special
representative. Then they gave a
party Saturday night and raised
$21.95 for boat hire and gasoline.
Their secretary Mrs. N. C. Barono
vitch reports that they have 22 mem
bers and that 19 attended the “do
ings.”
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Yakutat reports that peace and
harmony prevails in their midst; that
they have decided to put up a
BROTHERHOOD hall and have
raised $3,000 for this purpose. The
young men have gone out for logs
and other building material. Yaku
tat is a Camp that is hard to reach,
but they have a clear understanding
of what is going on. We shall pay
them a visit this Spring without fail.
TheV have a fine Sisterhood also.
Kluk-an is sure boosting this year.
They have made up their minds to
entertain the Convention in 1925 and
want us to tell the world that they
do. The old standbys have been
greatly encouraged by Brothers Gib
son and Wanamaker.
We have not heard from Hoonah
yet. But we know that Hoonah will
not be behind Sitka and Angoon in
carrying on the work. These people
are a proud people and they will
not take second place to anybody,
not even to Sitka.
Kake has sent in her share of the
money for starting the paper to the
Grand Treasury at Sitka. This town
and Bayview intend to breakup the
bad practices of certain Filipinos
who have eloped with Indian women.
Two such cases are now in the hands
of the federal officers. There are a
few marriages between Filipinos and
Natives which are turning out fine.
One of these is that of the son-in
law of Mayor Wilson of Kake. We
hear that he wishes to join the
BROTHERHOOD there. He should
make a fine member.
William L. Paul, candidate for the
lower House, expects to visit all the
towns of Southeastern Alaska begin
ning about the 20th of this month.
He has bought himself a small gas
boat for this purpose. His trip will
be in no way connected with politics.
(That’s what they all say.) He has
been working so hard he needs a
rest, and gasboating suits him better
than smelling for snow covered trails
on the Kuskokwim.
Hydaburg misses George Haldane
very much. For a while this Camp
was almost disorganized, but since
the visit of the Kasaan Camp, I hear
that things are picking up, both in
the Brotherhood and Sisterhood. This
camp will learn that it is the spirit
within that makes a fighter and not
the size of the man or woman.
We hear that Jake Williams of
Juneau is busily engaged in organiz
ing a “Civic League.” Jake has al
ways been oposed to the Brother
hood, and we fear thru the weaken
ing of the old time leaders of the
Juneau Camp, Jake will have his way.
One principal trouble with the Ju
neau Camp is that they live all for
themselves. Dancing, basketball, box
ing and old squabbles between four
different factions have blinded this
camp to the larger problems. Al
though this camp has been in exist
ence since 1914, most of the mem
bers have paid their dues but once.
Our advice to this camp is this:
quit being Indians and join your
selves to the city of Juneau. Pay
your taxes just as any other citizen.
There is room in the United States
for just one class of people, and he
is named Mr. Citizen. He is the
man that does things. He pays
the taxes; he elects officials; he
makes the laws; and he obeys the
laws, or he enforces them.
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