This Day in Alaskan History-July 4th, 1884
This Day in Alaska History-April 10th, 1885
It was on this day in 1885 that President Benjamin Harris appointed Alaska’s first General Agent of Education. The appointment went to Presbyterian minister and missionary Dr. Sheldon Jackson Jackson, by the time of his appointment had already established numerous Christian schools for Native children. He would continue this throughout his occupying of this […]
This Day in Alaska History-October 24th, 1887
Sealaska Welcomes BLM Redoubt Decision
Juneau, AK –- Sealaska applauded the recent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Adjudication Branch decision regarding Redoubt Lake Falls near Sitka, Alaska. BLM reviewed and rejected a Color of Title claim submitted by Sheldon Jackson College claiming ownership of 160 acres at Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake. Sheldon Jackson’s claim had halted the potential conveyance […]