This Day in Alaska History-December 7th, 1960
State Calls Out Federal Government’s Failure to Follow Congressional Directives on Contaminated ANCSA Lands
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska continues to hold the federal government accountable for failing to clean up contaminated lands transferred to Alaska Natives as part of the 1971 Alaska Claims Settlement Act. On Nov. 23, the State filed an amended complaint (207KB PDF) with U.S. District Court in Alaska after the federal defendants misconstrued congressional directives […]
This Day in Alaska History-July 30th, 1921
On July 30th, 1921, the postal service expanded in the territory of Alaska with the assistance of dog teams. While dog sled teams had been hauling first class mail by dogsled since the late 1800s to various parts of Alaska, the postal service would begin service from Hot Springs to Rampart going through Eureka once […]
May 1st, 1914
