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Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska)

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Elizabeth Peratrovich

Native-American civil rights activist (1911–1958)

Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as being instrumental in the passing of Alaska's…
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Alaska

U.S. state

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state in the…
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February 16

Day of the year

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year.
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