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If you re lucky enough to have a Doodle illustration and an article of yourself on Google, chances are you re doing something right. Not just anyone can get a caricature of themselves on the world s most visited site.
So who is this great woman who inspired the Dec 30, 2020, Google Doodle?
Elizabeth Peratrovich was born in 1911 in Petersburg, Alaska, and was a part of the Tlingit Nation. Growing up in this small town with her adoptive parents, she faced extreme segregation and discrimination. Instead of being welcomed by the community, she encountered signs that read: “No Natives Allowed,” “No Dogs, No Natives,” and “We Cater to White Trade Only.”
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Tlingit artist designs new Google Doodle featuring Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich Published December 30, 2020
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Print article Alaskans may recognize a familiar face on Google’s homepage Wednesday: civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich. The illustration was created by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade of Sitka, who says Google reached out in August to see if she was interested in collaborating on a Peratrovich design. Peratrovich was an instrumental player in passing the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 the first law of its kind to be passed by a U.S. state or territory in the 20th century. “It’s been really heartwarming, so much local support and excitement in our smaller Southeast Alaska community where her name is a household name,” Goade said. “We don’t always get a lot of attention in the bigger, national way, so I think having that representation geographic wise and Indigenous representation is really power
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