Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
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.
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. ...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska...
(3:46 min) (24 of 27) Road planning and obstacles
Mining drove some of the road planning, but ease was a factor as well. Kennecott and Anaconda Mines were reasons to try and reach Nome. Native Claims Act put lots of right-of-way issues in...
2 min, 54 sec film clip, color/sound. Title frame identifies clip as color/silent. Senator Ted Stevens discusses an amendment proposed by Sen. Paul Tsongas to the Alaska Lands Act, particularly, its effect on mining operations and...
10 min, 2 sec film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks long-time staffer Marie [Matsuno] Nash, who recently retired as director of Stevens's...
9 min, 3 sec. film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks Janet Halverson; recognizes deployed U.S. military personnel; comments on regime change...
5 min, 45 sec film clip, color/sound. Senator Ted Stevens, Congressman Don Young, and Governor Jay Hammond discuss a bill passed by the U.S. House, the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, to extend the U.S.'s fisheries zone to 200...
77 second, color with sound, film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher...
Title taken from verso. View of the audience attending the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (BLM ANCSA) hearing in the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (ANB) on Willoughby St, Juneau, on April 10, 1975. Original...