When Katie John became Dr. Katie John - closing post

Graduates Katie and Katherine, grandmother and granddaughter, right after Katie received

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Katie John and Tony Knowles at Batzulnetas: a fish escaped, the ice cream was hard and a Governor listened

This is the place where Katie John made her stand - a stone's throw upstream from where Tanada Creek flows into the headwaters of

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One image from Katie John's victory celebration - the story of how she won her victory will soon follow

In the post I put up just before I left to go to Katie John's funeral, I promised I would tell the story of the summit held at Batzulnetas July 15, 2001, between Katie and Governor Tony Knowles, along with a bit of information about what preceded and followed that meeting and how it all came together in victory for Katie John.

Indeed, I have been working on that post and it is just about ready to go, but not quite. I expect to have it up tomorrow, Saturday, June 15. I have a wedding to attend in the afternoon. If I don't get the post up before I go, then I will put it up Saturday evening.

In the meantime, here is an image I took at Katie John's victory celebration in Mentasta on September 22, 2001.

Celebrating with Katie is Will and Angela Mayo, Fred John, Leandra, Sarah and Kathryn Martin, Governor Knowles and Yvonne EchoHawk, who last weekend conducted Katie's funeral.

Index to full series. * Designates the main, story-telling, posts:

Dr. Katie John, Ahtna Athabascan champion of Native rights before the Supreme Court of the United States: October 15, 1915 - May 31, 2013

July, 2001: Enroute to Batzulnetas to cover historic meeting between Katie John and Governor Tony Knowles; In a couple of hours I will go to Katie John's Anchorage memorial

*Katie John's Anchorage visitation: the void, the continuation 

*In 1999, Katie John gathered a host of young people together, most of them descendants, and took them camping at Batzulnetas

I pause this series until after the funeral, but here is Katie John with Governor Tony Knowles and the fish that made the difference

This morning at 4:00 AM - leaving Mentasta after Katie John's funeral and potlatch

*Katie John's funeral and potlatch: on the night before burial, dance wiped away the tears

*Katie John finished well - her descendants mourn, celebrate her life, bury her, eat, dance give gifts and prepare to carry on

One image from Katie John's victory celebration - the story of how she won her victory will soon follow

*Katie John and Tony Knowles at Batzulnetas: a fish escaped, the ice cream was hard and a Governor listened

*When Katie John became Dr. Katie John - closing post

Katie John finished well - her descendants mourn, celebrate her life, bury her, eat, dance give gifts and prepare to carry on

As her funeral was about to begin, granddaughter Crystal Ewan placed flowers upon the Pendleton blanket draped

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Katie John's funeral and potlatch: on the night before burial, dance wiped away the tears

"We dance to wipe the tears away." So said drummer, singer and Tanana Chiefs Conference President Jerry

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