Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, Sunday February 16, 2020 - The face of Alaska Native civil rights

Students of Evergreen Elementary School, and Head Start, gathered together at the elementary school gym for a celebration of the annual Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on Feb. 18 in Alaska. As the holiday fell on a Sunday this year, the celebration took place a few days afterwards.

The celebration featured songs and dances from Wrangell’s JOM dance group, a song by Head Start students, and speeches about who Peratrovich was and why she was so important to the civil rights movement in Alaska.

Pictured here is Sandy Churchill, first grand vice president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, talking about Peratrovich and the new $1 coin that will feature her image.