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Henry Tureman Allen (1859–1930), U.S. Army officer who conducted a famous expedition of Alaska's interior in 1885, largely through the Copper and Tanana River drainages; Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), frequently passed through Alaska in his travels
List of athletes from Alaska. This list indexes notable athletes from Alaska. John Baker (b. 1960 or 1961 in Kotzebue), a perennial top 10 finisher at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Damen Bell-Holter (b. 1990 in Hydaburg) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Lapuan Korikobrat of the Korisliiga.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) was created in 1915. [30] Also in 1915, the Alaska Territorial legislature passed a law allowing Alaskan Natives the right to vote – but on the condition that they give up their cultural customs and traditions. [31] The Indian Citizenship Act, passed in 1924, gave all Native Americans United States ...
Richard Proenneke. Richard Louis Proenneke (/ ˈprɛnəkiː /; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1968–1998) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near ...
Sharon Cissna (born 1942), politician. Jordan Clarke (born 1990), track and field shot putter. Don Clary (born 1957), long-distance runner. Tyler Collins, actor. Michelle Coombs, geologist living in Anchorage and working at Alaska Volcano Observatory. Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), country musician, lawyer.
The Alutiiq people (pronounced / əˈluːtɪk / ə-LOO-tik in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; [1][2][3] plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name Sugpiaq (/ ˈsʊɡˌbjɑːk / SUUG-byahk or / ˈsʊɡpiˌæk / SUUG-pee-AK; plural often "Sugpiat"), as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are one ...
The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from the Aleut word Alaxsxaq (also spelled ...
S. Isaiah Saville. Kaleb Stewart. Categories: American sportspeople by state. People from Alaska by occupation. Sports in Alaska. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata.