On William Henry Seward’s exact 223rd birthday, Cook Inlet Historical Society presents a program of songs, instrumental music, and dramatic readings exploring Seward’s complicated but undeniable role in Alaskan history.
How can current and historical records help us better understand the differences between these terms, the roots of climate change as seen in Alaska, and what we may see in the future? This program will feature four panelists: Rick Thoman, Ken Tape, Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer and Molly McCammon. The panel will discuss the topic at hand and take questions from both a live and online audience.
During this program, the panel will focus on what Alaska’s history can teach us about the relationship between economic growth and our interests in stewarding Alaska’s lands and waters for present and future generations. The program will feature four panelists: Jen Rose Smith, James Magdanz, Courtnay Carothers and Bathsheba Demuth. The panel will discuss the topic at hand and take questions from both a live and online audience.
Join us for a talk from Mr. Whitekeys about his new Alaska gold rush book, The Voyage of the Alaska Union. Eighty greenhorns from Chicago set out to strike it rich in Alaska in 1898. It was the largest gold rush expedition ever launched, and they had no idea what they were in for.
The second of a four-part lecture and panel series about major public policy issues facing Alaska, the “Americanization of Alaska” will discuss whether the extension of the federal government over Alaska was positive with new government services or an unwelcome colonization.
The first of a four-part lecture and panel series about major public policy issues facing Alaska, this session will consider the history of the relationship between Native groups and the federal government.
Alaska, as a relatively late component in American territorial expansion, offered a set of opportunities to establish American institutions in a new frontier. MD Snodgrass became a key figure in the creation of many institutions new to Alaska.
