ALASKA



CAUTION - CONSTRUCTION

This is a page dedicated to the state of Alaska and all that is included therein. It will initially be mostly bookmarks and references, but those will include pictures in them.

A long list of bookmarks follows for Alaska. Some are still being "fixed" so you can link directly. Some could no longer be valid as things seem to change a lot, even here in Alaska.

The first main source for Alaska information is the State of Alaska's homepage

There is also a listing for Nome as an example of interest. There is no apparent order to these links, so have fun exploring the state with me, and be sure to provide your comments in e-mails at the bottom of this page. I apologize for the construction here in the last frontier.


The first sources I will provide deal with the State of Alaska and its many webpages. Most of these can be reached from the homepage listed above, but more direct links may be found with these connections. Before dealing with the State sites, since politics is always foremost in the minds of many Alaskans, our Congressional Delegation needs to have their sites listed. Senator Ted Stevens is the state's senior senator. He also has his own Alaska links. He is joined by Senator Frank Murkowski in serving Alaska and the Nation's needs in the Senate. They are joined by Representative Don Young

Alaska's state legislature also has many web pages, including one for each elected representative. These are found on the legislature home page. To track the status of legislation, the Basis20 program is used. If you are interested in state legislative ethics, you can access that link here. The state of Alaska has many different Departments and Divisions with some being combined or changed. The following sites are more by subject than by a particular department. For example, labor information, employment information, and statistics are all available from the Department of Labor's home page. Specific information is available from their research division, which maintains regional information, and local information.

DCRA http://www.comregaf.state.ak.us/CF_BLOCK.cfm http://www.comregaf.state.ak.us/CF_ComDB.htm http://www.comregaf.state.ak.us/CF_BLOCK.htm Economic Development http://www.state.ak.us/local/busines.htm http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/trade/pubs.htm http://www.kawerak.org/departments/ced/Links.html http://www.nsedc.com/


http://www.mco.edu/research/econdevl.html Elections http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/homepage.html http://elect98.alaska.net/ Facts/Statistics http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/pop/pop.htm http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Sorcr/ http://www.alaskan.com/namesedd.html http://info.alaska.edu:70/1s/Alaska Government http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/ http://www.dot.state.ak.us/ http://www.state.ak.us/ http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/state_wide/proc/top.html


Since we lived on the Kenai Peninsula, which is south of Anchorage, the largest city, it is only appropriate that you first get some links to sites here on the Peninsula. The first is the Kenai Borough site[which is the governing structure in lieu of counties as in most states]. A subsite for the borough is the Assessing site, which explains our source of wealth and taxes. The City of Kenai site provides information on the City in which I live. A visitor's guide for the Kenai Peninsula includes a lot of Pictures. The Kenai River and it's watershed are of maximum importance to us all. The fishing on the Peninsula is truly world famous. Not connected by road, but a wonderful spot to get away from it all is found at Seldovia which is a short boat or plane ride from Homer which is at the end of the road on the Peninsula. There are internet providers serving the Peninsula such as: PTI and Internet Alaska which is the Donahue Family's provider.

Tourism in Alaska is a fantastic opportunity. and there are many sites on the Kenai Peninsula and throughout the state. A few of them are found in these links. The KenaiCache is an excellent source of information and tackle owned by the Petersons in Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Cache is a popular stopping spot on the Sterling Highway and on the Kenai River. The State of Alaska has an association with the Alaska Visitors Association to promote tourism in the state. The Alaska tourism homepage also has information. The travelalaska homepage contains a great deal of information also. If you are interested in mining and history of Alaska mining, a great place to visit which we went to this spring is found at the Kennecott site. If you wish to drive the Alaska - Canada (Alcan) highway to Alaska, a must site is the Alcan Highway site. The Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association maintains a Web page with wilderness and environmental overtones. The alaska.net is host to numerous other tourism providers and an index is found at this site. Alaska's backcountry homepage is found at this page. Finally, a visitor's and business guide to Alaska is maintained by the Bear Network which has almost any information desired on Alaska.

Cities and Towns

In addition to Kenai and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska has many other cities and towns. In the introduction, Nome was mentioned. On the Kenai Peninsula, you have already visited Seldovia, Homer, and Kenai. Other communities on the Peninsula include Seward, Moose Pass, Hope, Sterling, Cooper Landing, Nikiski, Soldotna, Ninilchik, Anchor Point [the farthest west you can drive on the continental highway system], Kachemak, Port Graham, and Nanwalek. There are also two Russian villages. I will add the names for these and links as time allows.

The largest city in Alaska with a City/Borough form of government is Anchorage. Anchorage has about 250,000 people and many web pages originate there and include information about this city. Only a very few of these are located here. The UnitedWay site gives a lot of information on Alaska and Anchorage organizations. The municipality of Anchorage [Greater Anchorage Area Borough] is found at the Anchorage site. Anchorage has extensive media and media coverage. The Alaska Daily News is the only major newspaper, and one of the TV stations is KTOO

The capital city of Alaska is Juneau. As with Anchorage, there are numerous web pages and cites that provide some perspective on Juneau. These that are provided are simply some that I had bookmarked for various reasons. Others will be added as time permits. The Juneau library maintains information on many subjects available on-line. For instance, there are some excellent photos and even a new site for a Boys and Girls Club. The transit system information is as readily available as is the parks and recreation or other community resources. Other information, including real estate can be found at this record and reference site. Juneau also has many kinds of media, one of which is the Juneau Empire the local newspaper. Many alaska newspapers can be found at the newspaper home on the Internet.

Alaska's Original People

This section deals with the Alaska Native, the Indian (Athabascan, Tlingit, Hiada, Tsimpsian), Eskimo (Inuit, Yupik, Siberian, Chugach), and Aleut. I am not an anthropologist, nor expert on Alaska Natives: however, having worked with them since 1973, I have a great deal of respect for them as individuals and for their organizations (tribes, non-profits, and corporations). This little mini-section includes a few bookmarked references, but in no way is a complete picture.

ANCSA

On December 18, 1971 the United States government settled its claims with the Alaska Native population. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) is a grand experiment on dealing with aboriginal people of the state, and was the "best" settlement achieved by any Native American population at that time. The settlement was a piece of compromise legislation brought about by the need to bring the newly discovered oil from Prudhoe Bay. The settlement set up corporations instead of reservations as was done in the lower 48 (the affectionate name we give for the contiguous states).

The settlement act was very complicated, and the few links below do not provide adequate information. If you have questions do not hesitate to e-mail me at the address at the bottom of the page and I will try to provide additional information. A newsgroup with some discussions and archives dealing with ANCSA are found at the ANCSAarchives, and the ANCSA Resource Center is a site with information about ANCSA. One of the largest and most successful of the regional corporations created by ANCSA is CIRI. Another regional corporation representing the Natives of the Yukon and Kuskokwim river delta area is Calista. The regional corporation with the smallest population is AHTNA


Repatriation

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/repatriation/alaska.htm http://www.uafadm.alaska.edu/ankn/index.html http://www.alaska.net/~nome/ http://www.alaskan.com/list.html

Subsistence

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/subsist/subprop.htm http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/subsist/stathtm.htm http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/subsist/Ch51.htm http://www.ak-prepared.com/serc/ http://www.nps.gov/wrst/history.htm http://www.state.ak.us/local/akdir.htm#doc http://www.ak.org/ http://www.alaskasbest.com/ http://www.record.org/alaska_web/

Arts & Crafts

http://www.made-in-alaska.com/ http://www.scrimcon.com/fossilized_walrus_ivory.htm http://www.scrimcon.com/emerson1.htm http://www.scrimcon.com/information_center.htm http://www.antiques-on-line.com/Events/tefaf/basel/gen.html http://www.vtweb.com/nativeart/index.html http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/index.htm http://www.uaf.edu/museum/store/index.html http://archaeology.miningco.com/ http://members.aol.com/toksookbay/key_holders.htm http://members.aol.com/glincoln45/Kipusvik.htm http://www.tribalcrafts.com/eicpg2b.htm http://www.tribalcrafts.com/hppg2b.html http://www.nativecarvers.com/natgall.html http://www.nativecarvers.com/ http://www.iaiancad.org/ http://www.snc.org/ http://www.snc.org/ivory2.htm http://www.whatuseek.com/cgi-bin/redirect.go?url=http://www.sivertson.com/ http://www.sivertson.com/alaskan.html http://www.whatuseek.com/cgi-bin/redirect.go?url=http://www.alaskaartcache.com/ http://www.matnet.com/~frost_byte/ivory/AlaskaArt.html http://www.alaskagifts.com/ivory.html http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=*Alaska+AND+*Crafts&a=n http://www.alaskan.com/ http://www.alaska.net/~csa/ http://www.alaska.net/~cwnorth/

Justice/legal http://www.alaskabar.org/ http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/AKother.htm http://www.alaska.net/~akctlib/ http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/fedinfo.htm http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/links/natives.html http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COURTS/AJC/home.htm http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/lglcntr.htm http://local.uaa.alaska.edu/~afdsw/justice.html http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/ http://www.alaska.net/~kakm1/calendar.htm http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra/ Travel & Transportation Alaska Marine Highways http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/amhs/home.html http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/amhs/schedres/scheds/tables/decembersouth1999.html http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/amhs/schedres/tariffs/index.html http://www.alaskaair.com/contents.asp http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/amhs/ http://www.AlaskaOne.com/travel/alaska.htm http://www.dot.state.ak.us/ Welfare http://health.hss.state.ak.us:80/htmlstuf/pubassis/table.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us:80/htmlstuf/pubassis/natprogs.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us/htmlstuf/pubassis/ATAPFNL1.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us/htmlstuf/pubassis/regs.htm http://www.ak.org/ http://www.ak.org/uway/uway.htm http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/LABOR/esd_alaska_jobs/ak_resor.htm http://www.alaskasbest.com/ http://www.legis.state.ak.us/home/home.htm http://www.record.org/alaska_web/ http://www.alaskan.com/ http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=*Alaska+AND+*Crafts&a=n http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ancsa.html http://www.alaska.net/~csa/ http://www.comregaf.state.ak.us/CF_ComDB.htm http://www.comregaf.state.ak.us/CF_BLOCK.cfm http://www.mco.edu/research/econdevl.html

Education

There are many sites dealing with Education, from the North Slope Borough School District to the Kenai Peninsula School District site. General information on alaska education is found at the information site.

The University of Alaska has many branches. The original university was a land grant college at Fairbanks, now the school of management for UAF campus and Administrationsite gives an idea of it's depth. The Juneau Southeast (UAS) campus emphasizes marine sciences, and the Anchorage campus of UAA has a fantastic library and is strong on academics. The ability to obtain references in enhanced by a consortium library library and its electronic access.

Facts/Statistics http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/LABOR/research/research.htm http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Sorcr/ http://www.alaskan.com/namesedd.html http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COMMERCE/akfact.htm http://info.alaska.edu:70/1s/Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~jdonahue/issue.html http://www.record.org/

Justice/legal http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COURTS/AJC/home.htm http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/lglcntr.htm http://local.uaa.alaska.edu/~afdsw/justice.html http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/ http://www.alaska.net/~kakm1/calendar.htm

http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra/

http://www.alaskan.com/list.html http://www.record.org/ http://www.dot.state.ak.us/ http://www.state.ak.us/ http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/state_wide/proc/top.html

Travel & Transportation http://www.AlaskaOne.com/travel/alaska.htm http://www.dot.state.ak.us/external/amhs/sched/ports.html http://www.dot.state.ak.us/ http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~lmi/lmi.html

Welfare http://health.hss.state.ak.us:80/htmlstuf/pubassis/table.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us:80/htmlstuf/pubassis/natprogs.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us/htmlstuf/pubassis/ATAPFNL1.htm http://health.hss.state.ak.us/htmlstuf/pubassis/regs.htm

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