The JASPCAB supports Alaska State Parks taking on the role to protect, manage, and inform about the importance of the cemetery and the events suffered by Unungan from St. On the east of the bay Smith found an Indian who understood the language of Pow-. Unangax Cemetery, into the boundary of Funter Bay State Marine Park.

McCabe’s amendment failed and the bill advanced without objection. During the early years of the countys existence a bill passed the. Sarah Hannan, who is one of the sponsors of the bill, said the Department of Natural Resources had found the land has no commercial value and recommended transferring the entire 251-acre tract because it would streamline management. Mike Dunleavy signed a bill into law protecting the Unangax cemetery in Funter Bay on Tuesday at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Without the amendment, McCabe said, the state would be transferring additional acres, “including an island that’s offshore and not even part of this cemetery - that is unneeded transfer of Alaska’s wealth into a state park.”ĭemocratic Rep. Kevin McCabe said he supported the intent of the bill but he proposed an amendment that would transfer 90 acres (about 36 hectares) to the park instead of the 251 acres. A bill protecting the graves of Unangax people forced to live in internment camps in Funter Bay passed the Alaska Legislature on May 17 and now awaits Gov. Residents of the Pribilof Island were located there in 1942. Hannan said on Action Line that the aim of House Bill 122 is to protect the Unangax Relocation Camp cemetery in Funter Bay. This year, a group of Republican state representatives criticized the bill for transferring too much land to the park. 10 01 'An Act relating to the Funter Bay marine park unit of the state park system relating 02 to protection of the social and historical significance of the Unangax cemetery located in 03 Funter Bay providing for the amendment of the management plan for the Funter Bay 04 marine park unit and providing for an effective date. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Representative Sara Hannan has introduced legislation related to the Funter Bay Marine Park in Southeast Alaska. The bill had been on the road to passing last year before the coronavirus pandemic cut the legislative session short.

Most of the people who died at Funter Bay were elders or very young children who were left without clean water or basic medical care more than a thousand miles (more than a 1,600 kilometers) from their homes, the outlet reported. Sara Hannen, a Juneau Democrat, would protect the graves and also add 251 acres (102 hectares) to the cemetery.

Funter bay cemetery bill