Anchorage Museum

Anchorage, Alaska

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Chronology

1971: The Alaskan government enacts the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), underwich newly formed Alaska Native corporations retain 44M acres and receive $962.5M for ceded lands and water rights (Anchorage Museum).
1958: The state of Alaska takes possession of 104M acres, setting off new battles over land and development (Anchorage Museum).
1912: Alaskan Athabascan chiefs sue the USG for land taken by white settlers while the Tlingit and Haida wage a 30 yr legal fight for traditional territory in Tongass National Forest (Anchorage Museum).
1867: The USG purchases Alaska for $7.2M (Anchorage Museum).

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1889 Muir Glacier by Thomas Hill

1920 Northern Lights by Sydney Laurence Anchorage Museum

1929 Mount McKlinley by Sydney Laurence

Indigenous Peoples and Languages of Alaska