Andrew Hope III (December 23, 1949 – August 7, 2008) was a

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

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rights activist and educator. He was born and died in

Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

. He was a co-founder of the Tlingit Clan Conference.

Published works

*''Lingit At.oowoo'' *''Raven's Bones'' * ''Will the Time Ever Come?''

References

1949 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans Alaska Native activists Native American writers People from Sitka, Alaska Tlingit people Writers from Alaska {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub