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  1. Antiquity
    Origins
    Today, all tribes tell stories of their origins. There are as many creation stories as there are tribes, ...
  2. 40,000–10,000 BC
    Homelands
    Contemporary Native peoples from many nations teach that they originated in their traditional lands. ...
  3. 1759
    Russian fur trade expands in the Aleutian Islands
    On Umnak and Unalaska, two of the Islands off southwestern Alaska, the Russian merchant Stepan Glotov ...
  4. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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 ...
  7. 1848
    Commercial whaling destroys Yup‘ik, Inuit traditions
    After U.S. whalers kill a bowhead whale near Big Diomede Island, commercial whalers begin hunting in ...
  8. 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 ...
  9. 1872
    General Mining Act gives rise to the taking of tribal lands
    President Ulysses S. Grant signs the General Mining Act into law, allowing individuals and corporations ...
  10. 1898
    Canneries deplete salmon catch for Alaska Natives
    Along Alaska’s coastline, 55 canneries are in operation. Most refuse to employ Alaska Natives, instead ...
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