The Russians
What year did the Russian Empire sell Alaska to the United States?
1867
What brought thousands of Americans to Alaska in the 1890s?
Yukon Gold Rush
What are the three main Alaska Native groups found in Southeast Alaska?
Tsimshian, Tlingit, Haida
When did Alaska become a State?
1959
Which city in Alaska has the largest population?
Anchorage
The Russian Empire colonized Alaska in order to harvest what resource?
Fur
What was the name of the American politician who made the purchase of Alaska?
William Seward
What community in Alaska was founded in 1887?
Metlakatla, Alaska
What government agency was responsible for Project Chariot?
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
This method of fishing involves dragging nets along the bottom of the ocean to catch groundfish.
Bottom-Trawling
What did the Russians call their Emperors?
Czars/Tsars
Which American President resolved the Alaska Boundary Dispute with Canada?
Theodore Roosevelt
What does it mean to be "nomadic"?
To move around in search of resources; to not have a permanent home.
Which American Government policy tried to completely do away with Tribal Land and Governments?
Termination Policy
What was discovered in Alaska in 1968?
The Prudhoe Bay oil field
Who was the Russian Governor of Alaska?
Aleksandr Baranov
Which American President signed ANCSA into law?
Richard Nixon
What Alaska Native organization was founded in 1966 to address land claims issues?
Alaska Federation of Natives
What was the name of the proposed dam on the Yukon river?
Rampart Dam
What does the phrase "since time immemorial" mean?
Since before any person can remember
What was the name of the Russian Explorer who "discovered" Alaska for Russia?
Vitus Bering
What was the name of the famous Alaskan judge who found that Alaska Natives had an aboriginal claim to their lands?
Judge James Wickersham
Who was the founder of the Tundra Times?
Howard Rock
What did the Alaska Native Allotment Act do?
Allowed Alaska Natives to own up to 160 acres of nonmineral private land.
Who was the British financier that helped fund Duncan and the Metlakatlans on their trip to Alaska.
Henry Wellcome