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MAY 2, 2001

Alaska Governor Tony Knowles on Tuesday announced the creation of the Governor's Commission on Tolerance.

The commission will focus on racism in the state and will provide a report to Knowles by November 30. It consists of 14 members, including Alaska Native leaders.

The commission was created after the video-taped attacks of Alaska Natives by a group of Whites. But there have been other incidents, including the rapes and killings of Alaska Native women, that Natives have long complained about.

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