Southeast Native leaders remember Ted Stevens
August 11, 2010
By: Ed Schoenfeld
JUNEAU, ALASKA (2010-08-11) Monday’s plane crash near Dillingham ended the life of one of Alaska Natives’ most effective advocates in Washington, D.C. The late Senator Ted Stevens funded hundreds of Native programs and village projects. And he played a key role in passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Bob Loescher remembers the early years of Ted Stevens’ Senate career, which began in 1968.
The longtime Southeast Native leader was working for the Tlingit-Haida Housing Authority. There, he asked for help funding apartments and infrastructure in the region’s rural communities.