This is the acronym for Alaska Native Brotherhood. This organization was formed in Sitka in 1912 by Ralph Young (Sitka), James C. Johnson (Klawock), William Hobson (Angoon), Paul Liberty (Sitka), James Watson (Juneau), Eli Katanook (Angoon), Peter Simpson (Sitka), Frank Mercer (Juneau), Chester Worthington (Wrangell), George Field (Klawock), Seward Kunz (Juneau) and Frank Price (Sitka). The Secretary was Mary Orson (Klukwan). The preamble to ANB reads: To assist and encourage the Native in his advancement from his Native state to his place among the cultivated areas of the world; to oppose, to discourage, and to overcome the narrow injustices of race prejudices; to commemorate the fine qualities of the Native race of North America and to preserve their story, lore, art and virtues; to cultivate the morality, education, commerce and civil government of Alaska to improve individual and municipal health and laboring conditions; and to create a true respect in Natives and other persons with whom they deal for the letter and spirit of declaration of independence and the Constitution and Laws of the United States. In 2011, at the Convention in Klawock the ANB Convention, the organization voted to adopt the new Constitution and bylaws of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Alaska Native Sisterhood. The new mission has become "The mission of the ANB and ANS is to better the lives of Native people and their families; to fight for civil rights and land rights for all Native people; to share the cultural knowledge, wisdom, and artistic beauty of Native tribal societies; and to strive for a spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood among all people."