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  1. 1745
    Russians enslave Unangan (Aleut) people
    Russian traders violently coerce Unangan (Aleut) men to trap beaver and other fur-bearing animals. The ...
  2. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  3. 1784
    Russian fur traders massacre Sugpiaq on Kodiak Island
    Russian fur traders, led by Grigorii Shelikhov, overwhelm the Sugpiaq (Yup’ik, Alutiiq) in a bloody massacre ...
  4. 1796
    Czar Paul I charters the Russian-American Company
    The Russian Czar Paul I grants the Russian-American Company a charter with exclusive rights to the fur ...
  5. 1870
    U.S. requires Alaska Commercial Company to hire Unangan (Aleut)
    The U.S. government awards the Alaska Commercial Company an exclusive lease to hunt fur seals on the ...
  6. 1906
    Allotments take land from Alaska Native villages
    In the Alaska Native Allotment Act, the U.S. Congress establishes strict regulations about which Alaska ...
  7. 1953
    Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians
    Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ...
  8. 1961
    Alaska Native organizations unify; call for federal recognition of rights
    Three regional Alaska Native organizations—the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the Dena Nena Henash, and ...
  9. 1966
    Alaska Federation of Natives established to speak with one voice
    A statewide conference of more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing several regional associations, ...
  10. 1968
    Oil found in Prudhoe Bay; Alaska Native claims delay pipeline
    Atlantic Richfield Oil Company announces the discovery of enormous gas and petroleum reserves in Prudhoe ...