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Monday, August 11, 2003

Peter John, the traditional chief of Alaska's Athabaskan community, died at his home in the village of Minto on Friday. He was 102.

John was an outspoken advocate for Native rights and the preservation of Athabaskan culture and language. He lived a traditional subsistence lifestyle, and although he never set foot out of Alaska or ventured past elementary school, he wrote a book, testified on land claims and was an eloquent speaker.

"Alaska cannot measure what it has lost in the death of Chief Peter John," The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says in an editorial. "Nor can it measure what it has gained from his life."

Get the Story:
John's death leaves void Athabascan traditional chief an eloquent, spiritual man (The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 8/10)
Peter John, Athabascan leader, dies (The Anchorage Daily News 8/10)
Editorial: The Chief (The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 8/11)

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