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Laid the basis for Russian claims to Alaska and opened up the fur trade.
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A Russian Orthodox missionary who did not try to suppress Native
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54 students, 23 Native Alaskans
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Founded by Rev. Sheldon Jackson
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John Brady created an industrial boarding school for Native Alaskan students.
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Created civil government and public education
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Gold Rush
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provided for the education of "white children and children of mixed blood who lead a civilized life" in those parts of the territory outside incorporated towns. The federal Bureau of Education in charge of this program.
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Made Alaska an official US territory
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Rail line from Seward to Fairbanks built from 1915-1923. Used to transport mined resources from the interior to the port in Seward.
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Granted citizenship to Native Americans, without terminating tribal rights or property
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requiring that voters in territorial elections be able to read and write the English language
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the Bureau of Indian Affairs takes over the operation of rural schools from the Bureau of Education.
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The Alaska-Canadian Highway was completed during World War II by the Army Corps of Engineers. In nine months 16,000 workers built 1,422 miles of roadway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Big Delta, Alaska. It was opened to tourist traffic in 1948.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs opened vocational boarding schools at Eklutna, Kanatak, Sitka and Wrangell for Alaska Natives.
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the Bureau of Indian Affairs turned over most of its responsibilities for educating Alaska Natives to the State of Alaska
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Alaska passes an extremely lax homeschool statute. There are no requirements—no notification, parent qualification, instruction time, subject, bookkeeping, or assessment requirements.