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  1. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1794
    Russian missionaries come to Kodiak, Alaska
    The first Russian Orthodox missionaries arrive at Kodiak and begin trying to convert the Sugpiaq (Yup’ ...
  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. 1825
    Russians open the first pharmacy in Alaska
    The new pharmacy serves the growing Russian population in the capital city of Sitka. It dispenses medicine ...
  6. 1842–50s
    Russian-American Company compels medical treatment of Native women
    Russian traders have forced Alaska women into prostitution for decades. When syphilis spreads in New ...
  7. 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 ...
  8. 1885
    Alaska regions assigned to religious denominations
    Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the head of the Presbyterian Mission in Alaska, is appointed U.S. General Agent ...
  9. 1887
    Indian Affairs Commissioner bans Native languages in schools
    Commissioner of Indian Affairs J. D. C. Atkins first bans instruction in Native languages as well as ...
  10. 1897
    Indian boarding schools teach manual labor
    Commissioner of Indian Affairs William A. Jones questions the potential of Indian students to compete ...
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