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Primary Sources:

"Alaska's Thaw Uncovers Treasure Trove of Eskimo Artifacts." AFP News Footage, 4 May
2019. Gale In Context: High
School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/WBZLXJ865693758/SUIC?u=norc72195&sid=bookmar
k-SUIC&xid=ebca1765. Accessed 17 Nov. 2022.

I found this online off gale database. It is a video and commentary of Eskimo artifacts which
were discovered in Alaska due to erosion. I used this source when talking about the culture and
history of the native people of Alaska.

Chiefs, Orthodox Tlingit, and Orthodox Citizens of Sitka, Alaska. "Alaska Native Petitions to
Russian Ambassador and to President McKinley (1897)." The Native American
Experience, Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Gale In Context: High
School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2156000361/SUIC?u=norc72195&sid=bookmark-
SUIC&xid=917e1489. Accessed 17 Nov. 2022.

I found this online on gale database, and it is a commentary on and petition from native Alaskans
to United States President McKinley. I used this source when mentioning the culture and history
of native Alaskan people.

Gustafson, Milton O. “Seward's Bargain: The Alaska Purchase from Russia.” National Archives
and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, 1994,
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1994/winter/alaska-check.

I found this online on National Archives and Records Administration, and it shows a picture of
and describes the treaty between the United States and Russia that defines the sale of Alaska. I
used this when I wrote about the sale of Alaska from Russia to the United States.

Secondary Sources:

“2018 Russian-American History Contest.” U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia, 2 Nov. 2018,
https://ru.usembassy.gov/education-culture/fort-ross/fort-ross-2018/.

I found this website online which is run by the United States Embassy in Russia, and it describes
the history of Fort Ross. I used this source briefly when referencing the Russian Exploration.

"Alaska Indians: Russian and American Colonialism." UXL Multicultural: A Comprehensive

Resource on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native North Americans,
UXL, 2003. Gale In Context: High
School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2107200485/SUIC?u=norc72195&sid=bookmark-
SUIC&xid=32f393ee. Accessed 17 Nov. 2022.
I found this source of gale database, and it is published from a UXL textbook. This source talks
about expansion into Alaska and the fur trade. I used this when I mentioned the Russian
exploration of Alaska.

Lapsansky-Werner, Emma J., et al. “11.” US History Interactive, Savvas Learning, Paramus, NJ,
NJ, 2022, pp. 509–510.

I got this source from a physical textbook, and it outlines the American purchase of Alaska from
Russia. I used this when mentioning the American acquisition and purchase of Alaska from
Russia.

“Purchase of Alaska, 1867.” U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State,

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase.

I found this source on the Office of The Historian website managed by the Department of State.
It describes the purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia. I used this when talking
about the United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia.

“The Alaska Purchase : Alaska : Articles and Essays : Meeting of Frontiers : Digital
Collections : Library of Congress.” The Library of Congress, 2000,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/the-alaska-
purchase/.

I found this essay online off of the Library of Congress, and it describes the purchase of Alaska
from Russia. I used this when talking about the purchase of Alaska from Russia to the United
States.

Primary Visual Sources:

Murie, O. J, photographer. This is the Russian Orthodox church at Attu Village. It ministered to
the spiritual needs of the two score natives living on Attu Island at the time of the
Japanese invasion. Some of the Island's wealth of flowers can be seen coming into bloom
beside the church. Visitors to the Aleutians have expressed surprise at finding within easy
reach masses of Alpine flowers which, in this country, and in Europe, mountain climbers
scale the highest peaks just to see. Mar. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017872307/>.

I found this image online on the Library of Congress website. I depicts a Russian Orthodox
Church in Alaska. I used this source when mentioning the culture and history of the native
Alaskans.

Petroff, Ivan, and United States Department Of The Interior. Map of Alaska and adjoining
regions. [S.l, 1882] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
<www.loc.gov/item/99446186/>.
I found this image online on the Library of Congress website, and it depicts an old map of
Alaska outlining the regions for fur trade. I used this source when talking about the Russian
exploration.

Russian Church. [Between and Ca. 1930] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
<www.loc.gov/item/99614776/>.

I found this image online on the website for the Library of Congress, and it depicts a Russian
church in Alaska. I used this image when describing the culture and history of the Alaskan
natives.