U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Gilbert F. Gutierrez, Chairperson Valdez	Beverly L. Masek Willow
Daniel Alex Anchorage	Mary A. Miller Nome
Thelma Garcia Buchholdt Anchorage	Thaddeus J. Owens Anchorage
Sylvia Garza Carvajal* Anchorage	Mitchel J. Schapira Anchorage
Robert Gonzalez Anchorage	Rosalee T. Walker Juneau
Murilda C. Hayes Fairbanks	Michael J. Walleri Fairbanks

* Moved from the state following the Advisory Committee s project.

Acknowledgments

The Alaska Advisory Committee wishes to thank staff of the Commission's headquarters office in Washington, D.C., and the Western Regional Office in Los Angeles for their assistance in the preparation of this report. The project was the principal assignment of Thomas V. Pilla, with support at both forums from Grace Hernandez and Angelica Trevino, all of the Western Regional Office. Ivy L. Davis and Mireille Zieseniss of the Commission's Washington, D.C., office provided support at the August forum. Mireille Zieseniss drafted this report. Dawn Sweet provided editorial assistance and prepared the report for publication. Dorothy Pearson-Canty provided duplication services. The project was carried out under the supervision of Philip Montez, regional director.