Historical Context

Question 1

What was the Organic Act of 1884?

Answer 1

An act providing a civil government to Alaska.

Question 2

When Alaska became a judicial and civil district, it was allowed what government officials?

Answer 2

judges, clerks, marshals, and limited government officials who were appointed by the federal government.

Question 3

What was the Native Citizenship Law of 1906?

Answer 3

A law that said the natives of Alaska had to become civilized and learn english to naturalize as American citizens.

Question 4

Promyshlenniki

Answer 4

a rugged group of Siberian sailors and trappers who engaged in the maritime fur trade in the 1790s.

Question 5

Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945:

Answer 5

made discrimination illegal in businesses and public. Pushed for by Elizabeth Peratrovich.

Question 6

What was the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS)?

Answer 6

nonprofit organization working for civil rights for Alaska Natives.

Question 7

What was the DEW Line?

Answer 7

a type of early warning system using radar that streched across the northern coast of Alaska.

Question 8

Define subsistance.

Answer 8

supporting oneself by harvest of natural resources, living off the land.

Question 9

What was the treaty that settled the US’ purchase of Alaska from Russia?

Answer 9

Treaty of Cession

Question 10

What caused the influx of people, business, and supplies to Alaska in the late 1890s.

Answer 10

Klondike Gold Rush

Question 11

How many people traveled to the Klondike to stake claims on gold?

Answer 11

over 30,000

Question 12

The gold rush led to more development in what industries?

Answer 12

fishing, trapping, mining, and transportation

Question 13

What Act turned Alaska into a US territory with an elected legislature?

Answer 13

Second Organic Act

Question 14

What men-only native group fought for the civil rights of Alaska natives.

Answer 14

Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB)

Question 15

what was the US Air Force telecommunication link system constructed during the cold war that used line of site microwave radio.

Answer 15

White Alice

Question 16

ANCSA stands for what

Answer 16

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 1971

Question 17

ANCSA resolved what for the natives of Alaska?

Answer 17

It gave them land ownership of 44 million acres and allotted them 962.5 million dollars.

Question 18

How many regional corporations exist today as a result of ANCSA?.. local village corporations?

Answer 18

12 regional - 200 local

Question 19

ANILCA set aside 100 million acres for what?

Answer 19

Public Lands (1/3 of which were wilderness areas)

Question 20

Name all 13 Native Regional Corporations:

Answer 20

Ahtna, Incorporated
The Aleut Corporation (TAC)
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC)
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC)
Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC)
Calista Corporation
Chugach Alaska Corporation (CAC)
Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI)
Doyon, Limited
Koniag, Incorporated
NANA Regional Corporation (NANA)
Sealaska Corporation
The 13th Regional Corporation

Question 21

Define Sustainable Yield.

Answer 21

the amount of a resource that can be harvested while preserving the longevity of the resource.