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Category: News

Mon, March 03, 2025

AHS Statement on Diversity to University of Alaska Board of Regents

On February 28, 2025, the Board of the Alaska Historical Society sent the following letter to the University of Alaska’s Board of Regents to call upon the Board of Regents to rescind its new policy regarding using the terminology affirmative action, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and terms associated with DEI. Read the full letter in PDF Dear Regents:For 58 years, the statewide Alaska Historical Society has worked to ensure that Alaska’shistory incorporates diverse perspectives and embraces an inclusive vision of... (Read More)
Tue, January 28, 2025

Nome Serum Run 100th Anniversary Events

EXTRA! EXTRA! In 1925, a life-saving relay involving 20 mushers and more than 150 sled dogs carried diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles from Nenana to Nome, battling harsh weather conditions to stop a deadly epidemic in isolated Nome. Gunnar Kaasen's team, with Balto in lead, delivered the serum to Dr. Curtis Welch at 5:30am on February 2, 1925, to conclude the Serum Run or Great Race of Mercury. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of these amazing historic events! MUSEUM TALKSPresented at Carrie... (Read More)
Wed, January 22, 2025

AHS Weighs in on Denali Name Change

Read our letter, sent to all three members of Alaska's congressional delegation, requesting that they "promptly introduce legislation to overturn President Trump’s executive order renaming Alaska’s tallest mountain, returning the traditional name favored by Alaska Native peoples and most Alaskans – Denali." Read the letter The Alaska Historical Society weighs in on the renaming of Denali to Mount McKinley as special guests on National Public Radio. Listen in to AHS Executive Director Jo Antonson on the history of the mountain's... (Read More)
Sat, January 04, 2025

AHS Critical Lecture Series Recordings

America: The Next 250 Years (March 20, 2025) https://youtu.be/lEPBXS_gCDE One of America’s most prolific and preeminent historians, University of Texas Professor H.W. Brands spoke about “America: The Next 250 Years,” on March 20, 2025, at the Anchorage Museum. Author of 30 books, including two that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, Brands is a frequent guest on national and international media programs. Then, on the following day, March 21, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks BP Design Theater, Brands spoke... (Read More)
Mon, September 19, 2022

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Project Jukebox

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in December 1971, the UAF Oral History Program has just launched the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Project Jukebox online interactive website that combines oral history recordings, film, photos and documents to tell the story behind the fight for passage of ANCSA, its role in Alaska’s history, and its legacy (https://jukebox.uaf.edu/ancsa). The ANCSA legislation, which passed Congress and was signed into law by... (Read More)