Alice E. Brown was born in Kenai, District of Alaska in 1912. She was a strong advocate involved in defending the rights of disenfranchised groups in Alaska and Alaska Natives.
Brown was chairman of the Alaska Native Political Education Committee. She was also the only woman to hold a position on the original Alaska Federation of Natives Board of Directors (AFN). The AFN held an active role in the law-making process. Helping to promote laws, programs, and policies in several areas including education, resource development, health, labor and government. Today the AFN is the largest statewide Native organization in Alaska, representing more than one hundred and forty thousand natives.
Alice E. Brown was an instrumental key of getting the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act passed, that preserved Alaska Native land rights in 1971 shaping Alaska’s history. Making this the largest land claims settlement in United States history at that time, signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
Alice E. Brown died in 1973.