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Alaska bound!
Title taken from label on matting. View of men working on ship heading to Kake, Alaska through the Inside Passage. Also from label: "It's full steam ahead on the Inside Passage, enroute to Kake, Alaska, for a shipment of canned salmon. The...
AMRC-b75-175-412
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

In re SAH QUAH. District Court, D. Alaska. May 8,1886.
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. ...
ASL-KF128.A4U53v.1-p136
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Withdrawal of Public Lands, January 19, 1969.
Public Land Order 4582
Physical description: Microfilm
Source: Federal Register, Vol. 34, no. 15, Jan. 23, 1969, p. 1025.
ASL-KF480.F32-p.1025
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to create a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative power thereon, and for other purposes.
Territorial Organic Act of 1912.

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...
ASL-KF50.U58v37-p512
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act providing a civil government for Alaska. May 17, 1884.
Organic Act of 1884

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...
ASL-KF50.U58v23-p24
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Physical description: 5p.
Source: 33 Stat. 616
ASL-KF50.U58v33-p616
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act Authorizing the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in the United States Court of Claims, and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said ...
Tlingit-Haida Jurisdictional Act, 1935

Physical description 3 pages
Source: 49 Stat. 388
ASL-KF50.U58v48-p388
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to provide for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union. July 7, 1958.
Alaska Statehood Act.
PUBLIC LAW 85-508-JULY 7, 1958

Physical description: 14p
Source: 72 Stat. 339
ASL-KF50.U58v72-p339
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to provide for the settlement of certain land claims of Alaska Natives, and for other purposes.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
ANCSA

Physical description: 29 pages
Source: 85 Stat. 688
ASL-KF50.U58v85-p688
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to extend the laws of the United States relating to customs, commerce, and navigation over the territory ceded in the United States by Russia, to establish a collection district therein, and for other purposes.
Customs Act of 1868

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...
ASL-KF50.U58v15-p240
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Treaty with Russia.
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867. Ratified by the United States May 28, 1867; Exchanged June 20, 1867;...
ASL-KF50.U58v15-p539
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An Act For the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes.
White Act of 1924

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 ...
ASL-KF50.U58v43-p464
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to define the political status of certain Native Indians within the Territory of Alaska.
An act of the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska, in 6 sections.
Approved, April 27, 1915.

Physical description: 3 pages.
Source: 24 SLA 1915
ASL-KFA1225.A3-1915-p52
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act to provide full and equal accommodations, facilities, and privileges to all citizens in places of public accommodations within the jurisdiction of the Territory of Alaska; to provide penalties for violations.
Nondiscrimination in Public Accomodations.
Landmark anti-discrimination law providing for equal accommodation privileges to all citizens.

Physical description: 2pages
Source: Ch2 SLA 1945
ASL-KFA1225.A3-1945-p35
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

An act making appropriation for support of schools in districts outside of incorporated towns, or incorporated school districts, for the period ending March 31, 1925; and declaring an emergency.
Literacy act of 1925

Physical description: 1p
Source: Ch2 SLA 1925
ASL-KFA1225.A3-1925-p12
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Margaret Bell on Gravina Island beach across Tongass Narrows from Ketchikan, Alaska.
Title taken from accompanying materials.

Source: Ballard Hadman Collection, Ketchikan Museums.
ASL-Bell-Margaret
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Bear house posts, Hoonah Alaska.
Title taken from source. Wooden house with carved and painted panels of Tlingit designs.
ASL-Hoonah-19; ASL-P01-4183
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Petroglyph boundary marker, Hoonah Alaska.
Title taken from source. Stone on beach, carved with Tlingit designs.
ASL-Hoonah-20; ASL-P01-4184
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Shaman's Grave, Hoonah Alaska.
Title taken from source. Carved wooden eagle, with trees in background.
ASL-Hoonah-24; ASL-P01-4188
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

Chief Moses.
Title taken from source. Portrait of Chief Moses, in uniform, seated on a porch.
ASL-Hoonah-People-14; ASL-P01-4191
Alaska State Library-Historical Collections

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