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;...
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 thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
Title taken from verso. Photograph with the following written on the reverse of image: "Judge Joseph W. Kehoe holds court at Homer, Alaska. Pictured here are Ed. Davis, Anchorage Attorney; Levi W. Holmes; M. E. S. Burnella, Clerk of Court, and...
Story examining the recently allowed use of cameras in Alaska courtrooms. Eric Eckholm reporting. Images include Justice Connor, opponent of camera use, interview with Art Snowden, Court Director,...
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 caption. A large crowd of spectators has gathered outside the Fairbanks, Alaska Post Office and Court House to watch the Fairbanks Dog Derby. A handler holds onto a dog team, while the musher stands on the runners of the sled. Sign...
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. ...