The item on the U.S. Mint Forum prompted me to contact The E-Sylum with the following information.

In January of this year, the Fairbanks Coin Club contacted the members of the Alaska State Legislature promoting the release of the then proposed Elizabeth PeratrovichDollar coin to circulation in Alaska. In the spring, local 4H leaders traveled to Juneau with a group of 4H'ers as part of the 4H Youth in Government program. They lobbied all60 legislators for a resolution calling for the release of the Peratrovich Dollar to circulation in Alaska. They also met Paulette Mareno, Grand President of the Alaska NativeSisterhood, who has been involved with the mint since the beginning of this project.

The results of the lobbying is HJR9, calling for the release of 5 million of the coins to be released to circulation in Alaska. The resolution can be viewed here:

http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HJR9#tab1_4

You can watch the floor debate at:
https://www.360north.org/gavel/video/?clientID=2147483647&eventID=2019031256

Give it time to load. It will take a few seconds.

Testimony on HJR9 begins at about 23:00 minutes. The best part is at 42:30 minutes. Except for one long winded speech in opposition, the testimony is overwhelminglypositive.

With all the "odd" things the mint is currently doing, this gives me hope that this might just be possible. Since we don't get any of the "W" quartersin Alaska, this would be a great alternative.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NATIVE AMERICAN COIN FIGURE PERATROVICH (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n42a16.html)
VIC MASON'S THOUGHTS ON U.S. MINT FORUM (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n45a14.html)