In 1912 a group of educated Tlingit and Tsimshian men founded the Alaskan Native Brotherhood (ANB) to fight for Civil Rights. For decades ANB leaders fought against rampant racial discrimination, finally convincing the Alaska legislature to pass the first antidiscrimination law in the nation in 1946, twenty years before the national Civil Rights movement.

The brotherhood fought for the return of millions of acres of land that the federal government had appropriated for the Tongass National Forest. The organization's early efforts culminated in the Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.

Congress mandated the creation of the Sealaska Regional Corporations in Southeast Alaska, conveyed lands to these corporations, and paid compensation for the remaining land claims. Today Sealaska Corporation manages thriving natural resources enterprises for its Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian shareholders.

The logo of the Sealaska Corporation on the back of this jacket displays the joined heads of a raven and an eagle, representing the two moities of the Tlingit and Haida nations.

Cotton denim, copper, steel, nylon, synthetic leather, commercial dyes, ink; L 64.8 x W 150.0 cm; 36211-1, gift of Sealaska Corporation