Dalee Sambo
Darlene "Dalee" Sambo Dorough (born 1959) is an Iñupiaq advocate for Indigenous rights as well as an expert in international human rights law, international relations, and Alaska Natives, Alaska Native rights. Dorough was part of the Alaskan tribal sovereignty movement for decades and served on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 2011 to 2016. In 2018 she was elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, representing the 180,000 Inuit, Yupik peoples, Yupik, and Chukchi peoples in the Russian Far East, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Early life and education Darlene "Dalee" Sambo was born in Alaska in 1959. Her parents were raised in Unalakleet, Alaska, Unalakleet, an Inuit village, but she grew up in Anchorage. She was interested in issues affecting Alaska Natives from an early age, recognizing the problems with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act while in junior high. While attending high school, Dorough organized an independent study working on t ...
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