Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
Photograph with an attached caption that reads: Supreme Court and Superior Court Justices - First Court System of the State of Alaska -- Seated, L. to R.: Walter Hodge; Buell A. Nesbitt; and John H. Dimond. Standing, l. to r. -- Walter E. Walsh;...
Inscription on image: Supreme Court - Judge Craig, Sr. Judge; Judge Duclos [Dugas]; Judge MacCauley, youngest of the three, 1912 Note: In 1912, an amendment to the Yukon Act reduced the number of Territorial Court judges to one. Judges Aime...
Title taken from verso. View of Alaska State Court building at Fourth Avenue and K Street in Anchorage, Alaska, with vehicles parked at left. March 20, 1963. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title from sleeve. (L-R) John Dimond, Chief Buell Nesbett, Roger Connor, Josephine McPhetres, first permanent Clerk of the Supreme Court, Jay Rabinowitz, George Boney. Photographer's number: 41. 2 1/4 B&W copy negative.
Group photograph of the U.S. District Court (floating), taken in Unga, Alaska. Identifications are: front row left to right, Steve Casler, ?, Judge Brown?, Joseph L. Reed; back row, Isaac Hamburger, Judge Brown?, ?, Babe Hayes?, ?. The men are...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: This is a view of the entrance of the two story court house. A group of people appear to be sitting in the shade, on the sidewalk directly in front of the courthouse.
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: The court house consists of a two story building and a small log cabin next to it. There is a large wooden carving displayed prominently in front of the building.
Title taken from caption. " Officials of U. S. Dist. Court, Valdez, Alaska, Judge E. E. Cushman presiding. " Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G3789.