Tlingit leader remembered for land claims role

Tlingit leader John Borbridge Jr. died Tuesday. He was a significant player in the campaign for Alaska Native land rights.
Tlingit leader John Borbridge Jr. speaks at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2011. (Photo courtesy of UAF)Borbridge was a teacher and coach in Juneau and Sitka before being drafted in 1965 to lobby for aboriginal interests in Washington, D.C.
He went on to head up the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
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