History Society and Culture Alaska United States


Although the original impetus for colonizing Alaska was the fur trade, the Russian Orthodox Church had probably the greatest lasting impact on the people of Alaska, helping to create a multicultural Orthodox community that exists to this day.








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  • Meeting of Frontiers: Alaska - The Russian Colonization of Alaska - Although the original impetus for colonizing Alaska was history the fur trade, the Russian Orthodox Church had history probably the greatest lasting impact on the people history of Alaska, helping to create a multicultural Orthodox history community that exists to this day.
  • Alcan Highway - Construction history of the Alaska-Canada road from Dawson alaska Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks including vintage alaska photographs.
  • Alaska Historical Societies - Locate address information (including web site links) to historical societies in each borough within the state of Alaska.
  • University Libraries Digital Initiative Program - Image collections of the University of Washington Libraries alaska Digital Initiatives Program on the topic of the alaska history, natural sciences, and regional cultures of Alaska alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
  • Arktika - Aviation History in Canada - A bi-lingual book in English and Russian about society and culture society and culture the Lend-Lease flights through Western Canada and Alaska society and culture society and culture during World War 2. Book title, "Cobras society and culture society and culture Over The Tundra."
  • Alaska State Museums - Juneau and link to Sheldon Jackson Museum in society and culture society and culture Sitka. History, ethnology, publications, and grant information.
  • Russian America - Russian America and the colonisation of Alaska from the end society and culture of the 18th century to the 1867 sell-off.
  • ThinkQuest - Women in Alaska's History - Historical information combined with "fun learning activities" compiled alaska by high school students.
  • Stories from the Gold Rush - Includes tales of extraordinary women, trails to the history gold fields, society and culture pictures of tent cities, effects of history starvation and disease, literature society and culture of the period, and history links to Jack London and Robert society and culture Service.
  • Northern Studies Links - Long list of links about the history of First Nations and the Polar Regions provided by Yukon College.
  • Alaska Historical Society - The official site of the Alaska Historical Society, alaska home to history information about Alaska history and local alaska historical societies throughout the history state.
  • Alaska Siberia Research Center - An independent , non-profit, non-partisan educational and research institution for society and culture thought and opinion on Alaska-Siberia affairs and cultures.


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