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Video: US Fish & Wildlife Service names Katie John a Conservation Hero

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service posthumously named Ahtna elder and Alaska Native advocate Katie John a Conservation Hero on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 during the Elders and Youth Conference at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage. John passed away on May 31, 2013.

"Katie John belongs to you now -- all of us," her son Fred John Jr. said, motioning to the crowd of approximately 1,000. "She belongs to Alaska."

According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife website, this honor commemorates pioneers who helped save the environment. Plaques honoring them are placed around the National Conservation Training Center Campus near Washington, D.C.

See more: Coverage of the 2015 Alaska Federation of Natives convention and related events

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