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	Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
		Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area (it is larger in area than all but 18 of the world's nations) at 570,374 square miles (1,477,261 km²), over twice as large as Texas, the next largest state.
		Alaska Natives, while organized in and around their communities, are often active within the Native corporations which have been given ownership over large tracts of land, and thus need to deliberate resource conservation and development issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alaska (4412 words)

	Alaska - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		South Central Alaska is the southern coastal region and is the population center for the state.
		Alaska was granted territorial status in 1912.President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act on 7 July 1958, and Alaska formally became a state on January 3 1959.
		Alaska is one of only six states that do not collect state sales tax and one of seven states that do not levy an individual income tax.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Alaska (4359 words)

	Alaska locations by per capita income - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alaska has the fourteenth highest per capita income in the United States of America, at $22,660 (2000).
		Alaska boroughs and census areas ranked by per capita income
		There are twenty-seven county-equivalents located in Alaska, one of which is in the 100 richest counties in the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richest_Places_in_Alaska (153 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alaska
		This is a list of the governors of the U.S. state of Alaska, of Alaska Territory and of the District of Alaska, and the military commanders of the District of Alaska.
		Alaska ratified federal constitutional amendments to grant DC presidential electors, prohibit the poll tax, establish procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president, grant suffrage to those eighteen years of age and older, and limit changes in congressional salaries.
		Alaska has no counties in the sense used in the rest of the country; however, the state is divided into 27 census areas and boroughs.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alaska (1187 words)

	Alaska
		Alaska is the only state that is both in North America and not part of the 48 contiguous states; about 500 miles (800 kilometers) of Canadian territory separate Alaska from Washington.
		As of 2003, the population of Alaska was 648,818.
		Alaska has long had a problem with "brain drain" as many of its young people, including most of the highest academic achievers, leave the state upon graduating high school.
	creekin.net /n204-alaska.html (2772 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the purchase of Alaska between 1867 and 1884 the name was changed to the Department of Alaska.
		Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres or larger.
		Alaska has no counties in the sense used in the rest of the country.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/alaska (3896 words)

	McClellan: Before Boundaries: Peoples of Yukon/Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The long time Native inhabitants of Canada and Alaska, however, have surely construed what are today's borderlands somewhat differently than have the whites who, in the nineteenth century, divided up their country, and I have been asked to comment particularly on the Yukon/Alaska Native peoples before boundaries.
		As shown on the plate, and particularly relevant to this conference, is the upper White River-Skolai Pass area, the center of distribution for the Kletsan copper.
		Copper from this general location was traded west to the Kenai Peninsula and southwest to Yakutat Bay in Alaska, north and northeast to the upper PeelRiver and southeast to the southern lakes of the Yukon.
	www.yukonalaska.com /yhma/public/mcclell.htm (4647 words)

	Alaska History and Cultural Studies - Governing Alaska - The Territory of Alaska
		There were no airplanes in Alaska, (the first flight took place in the summer of 1913 in a Fourth of July exhibition in Fairbanks) and dog teams were the fastest means of winter travel.
		In 1916, frustrated by the limits placed on the territory that handcuffed the legislature, Wickersham wrote a statehood bill for Alaska, patterned after the act that admitted Oklahoma in 1906.
		He introduced it on the 49th anniversary of the Alaska purchase treaty and said "if the the iron bands of government repression" could be released, the new 49th state could be the "richest and greatest of them all." Wickersham did not believe his statehood bill would be approved right away.
	www.akhistorycourse.org /articles/article.php?artID=135 (1995 words)

	The Alaska Permanent Fund: A Model of Resource Rents for Public Investment and Citizen Dividends
		The Alaska Permanent Fund was thus established as a state institution with the task of responsibly administering and conserving oil and other resource royalties for the citizenry.
		Thus we see that the basis upon which the citizens of Alaska stake their exclusive claim to the oil and natural resources of Alaska is a complex historical weaving of territorial claims by discovery, purchase, military might and democratic law.
		The Alaska Permanent Fund, based on the democratic constitutional equal right to natural resources, though not a perfect model, is nonetheless one of the most enlightened governmental "works in progress" at this time on earth.
	www.earthrights.net /docs/alaska.html (4718 words)

	Top20Alaska.com - Your Top20 Guide to Alaska!
		It was admitted on January 3, 1959, The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000, according to the census.
		At the instigation of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, the United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (approximately $90,750,000 in 2005 dollars, adjusted for inflation) on 9 April 1867, and the United States flag was raised on 18 October of that same year (now called Alaska Day).
		Alaska is often characterized as a hybrid Republican state with strong Libertarian leanings.
	top20alaska.com (3348 words)

	tBlog - Alaska
		If a map of Alaska were superimposed upon a map of the Continental United States, Alaska would overlap Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado.
		* South Central Alaska is the southern coastal region and is the population center for the state.
		Alaska is most likely ranked the fourth smallest state population wise in the U.S. with Wyoming, Vermont, and by now North Dakota smaller than Alaska.
	adfunk.tblog.com /post/1969880736 (4231 words)

	Alaska: Things to do, Places to visit\|Alaska Cruise Tours\|Alaska Cruise Reviews\|Alaska Cruise Deals\|Compare Alaska ...
		Alaska's wide-open spaces are just what you have been missing.
		Alaska is, above all else, a land of remarkable diversity.
		The high-grade copper ore of the Kennicott mine was among the nation’s richest deposits ever found in the twentieth century.
	www.cruisedirectonline.com /alaska_things_to_do.htm (3454 words)

	Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The capital of Alaska is Juneau and the current governor of Alaska is Frank H. Murkowski (Republican).
		Alaska is the only state that is both in North America and not part of the 48 contiguous states.
		Alaska is the Easternmost state in the Union.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/alaska (2479 words)

	Kodiak Alaska fishing
		Steve and Peggy Andresen have many years of experience guiding and serving anglers to some of Alaska's finest fishing for king and coho salmon, and Pacific halibut.
		The Alaska marine highway also services this island, and visitors with a car or camper can travel this way, depending on time and cost.
		Alaska shooting, Alaska boating, mountain biking, hiking, atv, snowmachines, and more...
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /areas/fishing/southcentral/kodiak.htm (972 words)

	June 17, 1998 Alaska's Historic Kennecott Mill Protected
		On June 16, 1998, one of the most photographed places in Alaska, the ghost town of Kennecott, became the newest addition to America's National Park system, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt announced today.
		Kennecott is the site of the world's richest copper discovery, with the raw ore consisting of up to 79% copper.
		During its heyday Kennecott was the largest industrial site in Alaska, at a time when the entire state population was less than 60,000 residents.
	www.doi.gov /news/archives/980617.html (1486 words)

	What Others Say about Southwest Alaska
		"As a fifty year resident of Southwest Alaska and former governor of this great state, I can think of no region where the interplay of species like salmon has shaped the region's culture, commerce and ecology.
		The Southwest Alaska Conservation Coalition, with its broad base of local support and involvement, is moving strongly to perpetuate the rich, timeless natural resources of the region.
		And for the fishermen, when a wild rainbow hits your fly the connection to this wild place is complete.
	www.swakcc.org /comments.htm (1712 words)

	KNLS Alaska Postcard, Page Twenty-six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		When you think of Alaska chances are you think of snow capped peaks, calving glaciers, salmon filled streams, and dog sled races.
		So you might be surprised to learn that there are places in Alaska where commercial farming thrives.
		At least in the summer time there’s no place I’d rather be.
	www.knls.org /English/trascripts/pcard028.htm (1149 words)

	Chatanika
		The original bunkhouse and eatery of the Fairbanks Exploration Company, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
		Chatanika used to be the center of one of the richest placer gold districts in Alaska.
		Dredge #3, a rare and very large piece of antique industrial mechanical mining equipment, since 1963 resting in its own frozen pond, not far from the Chatanika Lodge.
	henkbinnendijk.tripod.com /fairbanks/id16.html (225 words)

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