Elaine_Abraham--Susan_Butcher

Elaine Elizabeth Abraham (June 19, 1929 – May 18, 2016) was a Yakutat Tlingit Tribe elder and registered nurse who contributed to improving health care delivery in rural Alaska. Later active professionally in the field of education, she assisted with the creation of the Alaska Native Language Center, and, as a statewide administrator at the University of Alaska, in 1976, led the establishment of community colleges in underserved parts of the state.