The notebook is a diary of a young Inupiat school girl named Alva Nashoalook, who relates events in her daily life in Icy Cape. The dates given are June [27], 1912 through April 1, 1913 Subjects include walrus and seal hunting, trapping, reindeer,...
Complete title: The great probability of a North West Passage : deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean....
Title from magazine caption An overview of the many salmon derbies held throughout Southeast Alaska, including a list of derbies, from Juneau's Golden North Salmon Derby to the Ketchikan Salmon Derby, and all derbies in between, with...
Historical background piece, written for the Juneau Empire by Mary Lou Gerbi and Svend Holst; includes photo of Maggie Hall, who, in 1996, caught a tagged silver salmon worth $100,000
Notes on Kankei Ibun (Voyages around the world)
Made with the assistance of Naoko Hoshino.
Vol. 0
Introduction
Table of contents with summary of each volume
List of illustrations
Vol. 1
Vessel Wakamiya-maru leaving Ishimaki, winter of...
Wick # 2462 [New York : Asia Pub. Co., 1920] From: Asia, the American magazine on the Orient, vol. XX, no. 4 (May 1920). p. 365-372, 436 : ill. ; 31 cm.
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
By Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953. Alaska the United States Colony Keynote address Alaska Constitutional Convention University of Alaska, College, Alaska, November 9, 1955.
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
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. ...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel Testimony of Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau Testimony of Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah Testimony of Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah ...
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...
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 of March...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United ...