Category: 49 History

Tue, January 22, 2013

Alaska Mental Health Trust History Project Jukebox

By Karen Brewster The recently completed Alaska Mental Health Trust History Project Jukebox is now available online at:http://jukebox.uaf.edu/mentalhealthA project of the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, the site features interviews with twenty-nine individuals talking about the history of mental health services in Alaska.Topics include Morningside Hospital in Oregon, the legal battle and settlement over the management of the state’s mental health trust program, changes in the delivery of mental... (Read More)

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Thu, January 17, 2013

The Chief Shakes Tribal House as a Historic Monument in Alaska

By Zach Jones The June 1940 Chief Shakes Tribal House dedication ceremony, courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute. With a light rain falling on the gathered dignitaries, federal officials, and general Alaskans at Wrangell, Alaska, a ceremony marked the rededication of the historic Chief Shakes Tribal House. The tribal house, a Tlingit Indian clan house of the Naanyaa.aayí Clan, had recently been restored as a historic monument as part of a Depression-era New Deal works relief program. Carried out by Juneau-based professional... (Read More)

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Sun, January 13, 2013

First USN Ship in Alaskan Waters on Humanitarian Mission

The USS DELAWARE, sister ship of the COOPER.By Pennelope GoforthThe U.S. Navy has long and wide wake in the state’s history and is about to make history again with the commissioning of its newest warship in Alaskan waters. Next May the newest naval transport vessel, LPD-23, will steam north to Alaska where she will be officially commissioned as the USS ANCHORAGE. She will be the second Navy ship to bear the name of Alaska’s largest city and home of the... (Read More)

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Thu, January 10, 2013

Seiki Kayamori and His Place in Alaska History

By Zach Jones View of workers inside Libby, McNeil, & Libby cannery, circa 1925. Courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute Archives. In 1912 thirty-five year old Japanese national Seiki (Shoki) Kayamori (1877-1941) arrived in Yakutat, Alaska, to work at the local salmon cannery. He joined a crew of Japanese, Filipino, and Tlingit Indian workers already employed in the Yakutat cannery. He was one of the many individuals that make up Alaska’s diverse ethnic population and history. Kayamori, however, was an amateur photographer... (Read More)

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Sat, January 05, 2013

Mike Gravel, Filibusterer

The U.S. Senate is considering making revisions to the filibuster. While the term brings to mind the image of a lone senator reading the phone book late into the night, in recent years senators have brought proceedings to a halt simply by announcing their intent to filibuster. No one actually stands for hours and hours while speaking continuously without a break; the threat is enough.It’s worth remembering our own loquacious and indefatigable senator of the 1970s, Mike Gravel, once used... (Read More)

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