Alaska
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Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is cons
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbor, present-day Kodiak town, Kodiak Island, 1814
Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
U.S. troops navigate snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943.
Bob Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, Alaska's inaugural U.S. Senators, hold the 49-star U.S. Flag after the admission of Alaska as the 49th state.
Alaska Natives
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Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska in the United States. They encompass diverse cultural and linguistic groups, including Inupiat, Aleut, Yupik peoples, and American Indians such as t
Alaskan Yup'ik Native dancer performing in Fairbanks (2013)
Alaska Native Languages
Yupik mother and child, Nunivak Island, c. 1929; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.
Metlakahtla brass band