A group of researchers and historians learned key details about Benny Benson’s life, including his real age and roots in Unalaska.
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Alaska House bill would start process to rename highway named after convicted war criminal
A member of a group that represents Asian and Pacific Islander people in Alaska says changing the name would recognize the role Filipino Americans have played in the state for 100 years.
Anchorage woman searches for family at former boarding school: ‘The rest of me is still in Pennsylvania’
Mary Kininnook’s family has been looking for her for decades.
Haines Sheldon Museum to open Lingít miniature exhibit
The exhibit will showcase stories of the known carvers and provide the public an opportunity to learn more about Lingít people of the early 1900s.
Historian details Alaska’s legacy of racial segregation
Ian Hartman says he wants people who read his book to see the value in the state’s diversity. He’s expanding on his 2020 book with a new edition, “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest,” set to come out this fall.
The Pacific cod fishery likely started a decade earlier than previously thought
In the mid 1800s, before the Pacific cod commercial fishery was thought to begin, Atlantic cod was sent thousands of miles to San Francisco.