It’s Alaska Day!

By Alaska Native News on Oct 18, 2022   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

One hundred and fifty-five years ago, Alaska was formally transferred from Russia to the United States after it was purchased from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million on March 30th, 1867. It took several months for commissioners to arrive in the territory of Alaska to formally transfer ownership. And so, on October 18th, 1867, […]