AK Business Monthly (ABM) selected a photo for the cover of the September issue to honor ANB’s 100th anniversary this year. Founded by a dozen men and one woman in 1912, this photo was taken two years later. Eleven founding members are pictured in the article about ANB. ABM’s annual Alaska Native Corporation special section begins on page 66.
“Alaska Native Brotherhood convention at Sitka, Alaska, 1914” The title and description of the cover photo are from a handwritten list (date and writer unknown), identifying people in the Sheldon Jackson College Stratton Library’s photograph of a “1914 ANB CONVENTION AT SITKA,” according to the Alaska State Library.
Front Row (l to r):
James Watson, Juneau;
Frank Mercer, Juneau, but originally from Klukwan;
Herbert Murchison, Metlakatla;
Chester Worthington, Wrangell;
Peter Simpson, Sitka, but originally from Metlakatla;
Paul Liberty, Sitka;
Edward Marsden (Rev.), Metlakatla;
Haines DeWitt, Kake;
Unidentified from this list but other Sheldon Jackson information says Mark Jacobs Sr., Sitka;
Charles Newton, Kake.
Second Row:
John Willard, Sitka;
Woosh-Kee-Nah (Jim Johnson);
Seward Kunz, Juneau;
Stephen Nickles, Sitka;
Donald Austin, Wrangell;
George McKay, Saxman;
Cyrus Peck, Sr., Sitka;
Eli Katinook, Angoon;
Charles Danial, Sitka;
Don Cameron, Sitka;
Ralph Young, Hoonah;
Rudolph Walton, Sitka;
William S. Jackson, Sitka;
Frank D. Price, Sr., Sitka.
Third Row:
James Gordon, Klukwan;
Andrew Hope, Sitka;
George Bartlett, Sitka;
Tommie Williams, Sitka;
John Williams, Sitka;
George Lewis, Sitka;
Sergius Williams, Sitka.
CREDIT: Alaska State Library – Historical Collections.
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Submitted by Mary Lekanof, Haines
