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Native women who made history
Ahtna Athabascan elder Katie John’s efforts to get the state of Alaska to open up subsistence fishing in her Native Village of Batzulnetas turned into a series of legal and policy decisions that continue to protect Alaska Native fishing rights to this day.

Katie John
In 2011, Katie John was presented with an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Photo courtesy of Athna, Inc.

Daring Chickasaw aviator and legislator Eula Pearl Carter Scott was the youngest person in the country to fly an airplane solo. By age 14, she was working as a commercial pilot. She retired from flying to go on to work as the tribe’s Community Health Representative, and later as a tribal legislator.

Chickasaw TV: Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of the World | Chickasaw Heritage Series S1 • E1

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