Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Now it can be told: Seward’s role in Alaska’s first political payoff scandal (Alaska Dispatch News, 11/24/12)
A statue of Seward in Juneau would also honor painful history in Alaska (Alaska Dispatch News, 5/17/16)
Preserving a scar: Seward statue debate exposes differing views on history (Juneau Empire, 9/27/16)
Why Do You Love Alaska? (Alaska Dispatch News, 12/28/16)
Creating meaning from our shared history in Alaska (News-Miner, 1/2/17)
Let Your Travels Begin in 2017 (LA Times, 1/2/17)
Fodor’s Go List 2017 (Metro US, 1/3/17)
Native Sitka seiners once prospered (Capital City Weekly, 01/25/17)
Myths of the Alaska Purchase (Alaska Dispatch News, 02/23/17)
Alaska’s 150th anniversary: Juneau lab preserves historical documents (Juneau Empire, March 20, 2017)
150 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Bought Alaska From Russia for $7.2 Million (The Atlantic, 03/30/17)
Why Russia gave up Alaska (Business Insider, 03/30/17)
Deal of ‘the century’: 150 years since the sale of Russian Alaska (TASS, 03/30/17)
Treaty of Cession anniversary commemorations kick off in D.C. (Gray DC, 3/30/17)
Buying Alaska (JSTOR Daily, 03/30/17)
Alaskans and the Treaty of Cession (Peninsula Clarion, 4/1/17)
Russian performer uncovers raw feelings about the Alaska purchase of 1867 (Alaska Dispatch News, 04/03/17)
Author Mike Dunham Publishes Two Biographies On Alaska’s Sesquicentennial Interview on Talk of Alaska (AMarch 27, 2017)
Speaker applies ‘truth and reconciliation’ to Alaska’s colonial history (KCAW, 05/16/17)
Statue makes local appearances (Seward County Independent, 05/24/17)
Many contribute to successful history conference (Peninsula Clarion, 05/31/17)
Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums Presents Sesquicentennial Exhibit (Press Release, 06/12/17)
Alaska’s 150th Anniversary: Still a good deal all these years later (Alaska Business Monthly, 10/01/17)
