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. ...
E. L. Bob Bartlett with Stan McCutcheon (left) and Albert Kaloa, Jr. of Tyonek. Sen. Bartlett may be speaking about a senate bill pertaining to rural housing.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...