00                           SENATE BILL NO. 144                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing June 7 of each year as Walter Harper Day."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04 Sec. 44.12.061. Walter Harper Day. Walter Harper Day is established on                                                
05 June 7 of each year to honor Walter Harper, who in 1913 became the first person to                                      
06 summit Denali, for his superb subsistence skills, his integrity, his strong sense of                                    
07 identity and purpose, and his ability to navigate comfortably in both the Athabascan                                    
08 culture and other cultures of the United States. Walter Harper Day may be observed by                                   
09       suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.