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...
In 1949 the Alaska statehood committee was established and preparation for the drafting of the state constitution began. On November 8 1955, fifty five elected delegates from all over the state met in the Constitution Hall at the University of...
Speeches and interviews commemorating and describing the origin of Kake Day and Kake history..
[Anchorage, Alaska : University of Alaska, 1982]. 28 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Three photographic images.
General Note:
In English and Tlingit.
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. ...
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...
Photograph of Governor Egan signing the Human Rights Act. Identified are left to right Sen. Mike Gravel, Dick Hedberg-AFL-CIO, Maria G. Bowman and Willard Bowman-NAACP.
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 ...
Letters regarding the Tanana Chiefs Council of 1915.
Contents: Letter from Commissioner Elmer E. Brown, November 1, 1910. Letter from George E. Boulter, January 31st, 1911. Letter from L.A. Kalbach, March 15, 1911. ...
Title from image. Left to right: Arthur Glendinning Shoup, House of Representatives - Sitka. Governor Walter Eli Clark. Conrad Freeding, Senate - Nome. W.W. Shorthill, Sec.
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
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...