This series was designed to invite instructors to explore the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act with Students. The Teachers Guide accompanies six video episodes that vary in length from 14-25 minutes.
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. ...