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LOCAL JUNEAU EMPIRE More than 1,000 papers documenting Alaska Native history by Tlingit elder Walter Soboleff have been posted on the Internet by Sealaska Heritage Institute in what officials are calling a unique and priceless collection.

Institute posts Soboleff documents online

Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire

Eyewitness to history: Walter Soboleff, Alaska Native Brotherhood grand president emeritus, poses for a portrait Wednesday at his Juneau home. The revered Tlingit elder has donated more than 1,000 historical documents, most of them related to the Alaska Native Brotherhood, to the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

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