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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. 13,000–10,000 BC
    Asiatic peoples reach Alaska
    Anthropologists currently believe that Asiatic peoples migrated across Ice Age land bridges from eastern ...
  4. 200 BC
    Arctic hunters make ingenious boats and gear
    Native peoples master hunting sea mammals in difficult Arctic waters by developing sophisticated boats ...
  5. 1775
    Smallpox strikes again in North America
    As the American Revolution begins, epidemic smallpox spreads across North America, killing hundreds ...
  6. 1848
    Successive epidemics spread across U.S., Alaska, Hawai‘i
    In September, a series of deadly epidemics, including measles, whooping cough, and influenza, sweeps ...
  7. 1867
    Alaska becomes U.S. Territory; Alaska Natives not consulted
    The United States purchases Alaska from Russia on October 18. Alaska Natives, who lay claim to almost ...
  8. 1868
    U.S. treaty count with American Indian tribes reaches 367
    Between 1778 and 1868, the U.S. Senate ratifies 367 treaties with tribes; others are drafted but not ...
  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. 1884
    After Navy abuses, the U.S. establishes a government in Alaska
    After the U.S. Navy, occupying the territory of Alaska, shells, loots, and burns three unarmed Tlingit ...
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