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16,000 - 8000 B.C.
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Kodiak
Archipelago covered with 3,000 feet of glacial ice |
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6000 B.C.
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Sea level stabilizes,
creating Kodiak's modern coastline |
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5500 B.C.
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4000 B.C.
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3000 B.C.
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2000 B.C.
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500 B.C.
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1200
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Earthquake |
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1300
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1400-1600
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Little Ice Age |
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1550
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Earthquake |
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1741
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Vitus Bering
claims Alaska for Russia, first European description of archipelago |
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1763-1764
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Stephen Glotov,
the first non-native to land on Kodiak, and crew of Adriana Natiliia
winter at Alitak Bay |
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1776
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Dmitrii Polutov
on Archangel Mikhail attempts trade with Alutiiqs and is driven away |
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1779-1780
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Afansii Ocheredin
on the Klimit winters at Kodiak and attemts trade |
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1784
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Gregorii Shelikof
arrives, and Awa'uq (Refuge Rock) massacre |
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1785
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1786
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Russians built
fortified station at Afognak Village |
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1787
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1788
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Gregorii Shelikof
petitions Empress Catherine II - Acquisition of Afognak |
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1789
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1790
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1791
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Baranof reaches
Kodiak |
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1792
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1793
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Tsunami at Old
Harbor; Kodiak city formed at Sun'aq |
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1794
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First Russian
Orthodox missionaries arrive, lead by Archimandrite Iosaf Blotov |
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1795
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1796
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First Russian
Orthodox Church built and consecrated in Kodiak. Father Herman starts school
in Kodiak |
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1797
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1798
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1799
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1800
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1801
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1802
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1803
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1804
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Influenza epidemic
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1805
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1806
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1807
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1808
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Baranov house
built. Father Herman moves to Spruce Island. |
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1809
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1810
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1811
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1812
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1813
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1814
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1815
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1816
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1817
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Father Herman
establishes school on Spruce Island |
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1818
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Baranov is replaced
as manager of Russian American Company by Russian Navy Captain Leonti Hagemesiter |
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1819
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Influenza
epidemic |
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1820
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1821
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Shelikof formalizes
work policy of Russian American Company, requiring half of Alutiiq men 18-50
to hunt |
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1822
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1823
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1824
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1825
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1826
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1827
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Influenza
epidemic |
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1828
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1829
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1830
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1831
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1832
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1833
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1834
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1835
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Commercial whaling
begins in Kodiak |
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1836
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1837
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Smallpox
epidemic (population drops to 3,000 Alutiiq) reduction to 7 villages |
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1838
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1839
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1840
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1841
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Russians
regulate sale of alcohol |
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1842
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1843
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1844
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1845
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Alcohol banned
from being distributed to Alutiit |
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1846
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1847
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Il'via Tyzhnov
translates Russian primer into Alutiiq for use by school children |
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1848
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1849
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1850
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1851
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1852
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Woody Island
ice industry developed. Influenza epidemic |
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1853
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1854
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1855
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1856
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1857
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1858
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1859
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1860
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1861
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1862
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1863
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1864
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1865
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1866
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1867
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Alaska sold
to the United States. Alaska Commerical Company assumes holdings of RAC.
Treaty of Cession recognizes Natives' claim to land |
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1868
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1869
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1870
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1871
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1872
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1873
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1874
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1875
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1876
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1877
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1878
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1879
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1880
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1881
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1882
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1883
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1884
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1885
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1886
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United States
Army detachment is sent to Kodiak to govern the island |
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1887
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1888
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1889
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First fishing
regulations enacted. Influenza epidemic |
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1890
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First systematic
census in Alaska. Total population 32,052. |
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1891
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Salmon hatchery
is established at Karluk River |
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1892
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Afognak Island
is declared a Forest and Fish Cultural Preserve and no fishing is allowed.
Japanese begin dragging and canning King Crab from gulf coast waters |
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1893
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Baptist Mission
and Orphanage are founded on Woody Island. Influenza epidemic |
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1894
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World's first
fox farms established on Long Island |
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1895
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1896
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1897
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Sea otter population
plummets and fur market collapses. Ranching and commercial whaling flourish |
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1898
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1899
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1900
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1901
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1902
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1903
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1904
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Hannah Breece
school teacher through 1906 |
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1905
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Afognak dedicates
new Russian Orthodox Church |
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1906
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1907
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1908
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1909
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1910
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1911
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Sea otter hunting
is prohibited by international treaty. U.S. Government builds wireless station
on Woody Island. Last Karluk River cannery closes. Commercial halibut and
herring fisheries develop through 1930. |
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1912
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Mt. Nova Rupta
erupts, spewing Katmai ash |
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1913
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1914
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World War I
begins |
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1915
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1916
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1917
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U.S. enters
World War I. Russian Czar and family executed. Aid from Russia for Russian
Orthodox Chuches in Alaska ceases. |
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1918
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World flu pandemic |
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1919
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1920
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Fox farming
becomes a major economic activity. Commercial razor clam harvests begin.
U.S. women gain right to vote |
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1921
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Afognak students
publish handwritten school annual - Kalega |
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1922
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1923
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1924
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Fourteen Sitka
black tail deer are released on Long Island |
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1925
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1926
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1927
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Benny Benson
wins design contest for Alaska Territorial flag |
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1928
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Eight Roosevelt
elk calves are shipped to Kodiak from Port Angeles, Washington, and released
on Afognak Island through 1929 |
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1929
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U.S. stock market
crashes |
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1930
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Smithsonian
anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka excavates at Larsen Bay and removes skeletal
remains without permission through 1936 |
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1931
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1932
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1933
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1934
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Five hundred
fifty-eight rabbits are captured along the railway in Anchorage and shipped
to Kodiak for release. The transplant was successful |
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1935
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Father Gerasim
leaves Afognak to live on Spruce Island |
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1936
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1937
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Baptist Mission
on Woody Island burns and is relocated to Kodiak. Whaling station at Port
Hobron on Sitkalidak Island closes |
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1938
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Surgeon Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson moves to Kodiak and begins practicing medicine from his
home |
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1939
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Construction
begins on Kodiak's Naval station. World War II begins |
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1940
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Kodiak incorporated
as first class city. A five-mile road from town to the naval base is built |
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1941
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Pearl Harbor
is bombed. US joins WWII. Population in Kodiak reaches 3,500. FAA builds
communications station on Woody Island. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
is established |
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1942
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Army operates
a sawmill on Woody Island. Dec. 17 US Navy destroyer sinks Bob von Scheele's
mailboat - Phyllis S. Dutch Harbor bombed. Aleutian Island campaign begins. |
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1943
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1944
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1945
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Atomic bomb
dropped and Japan surrenders in August. |
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1946
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1947
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Kodiak's Coast
Guard base is established |
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1948
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1949
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1950
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Korean War begins |
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1951
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1952
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Mountain goats
captured near Seward are released at Ugak Bay |
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1953
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1954
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1955
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Alaskans hold
Constitutional Convention in Fairbanks |
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1956
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1957
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1958
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Alaska Statehood.
Shrimp fishery developed |
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1959
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UW's Konyag-Aleut
5-year study of Kodiak's cultural and natural history starts. Jan 3 - official
Alaskan Admission Day. Hawaiian Statehood |
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1960
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Kodiak Bank
of Alaska becomes a branch of National Bank of Alaska |
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1961
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1962
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1963
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JFK assasinated |
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1964
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9.1 Earthquake
on March 27. Tsunami destroys Afognak, Old Harbor and Kaguyak and badly
damages Kodiak city. |
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1965
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1966
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KANA is founded
to pursue land claims agreement. |
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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Father Herman
canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Herman |
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1971
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Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act passed by Congress |
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1972
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Koniag Inc.
is incorporated under ANCSA. Kodiak Naval station is decommissioned and
turned over to US Coast Guard |
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1973
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St. Herman's
Theological Seminary is founded |
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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Village schools
are built, as mandated by state law |
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1979
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1980
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King Crab industry
flourishes with over 20.4 million pounds harvested |
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1981
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1982
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1983
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Archaeologists
begin intensive studies of Alutiiq heritage with KANA's support |
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1984
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King Crab fishery
closed |
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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Exxon Valdez
runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling approximately 11 million
gallons of oil |
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1990
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KANA opens Alutiiq
Cultural Center and repatriation of Alutiiq archaeological collections begins |
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1991
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Smithsonian
Institute returns hundred of Alutiiq remains to Larsen Bay for reburial |
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1992
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1993
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KANA begins
building the Alutiiq Museum with $1.5 million grant from EVOS Trustee Council.
KEF founded |
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1994
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1995
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Alutiiq Museum
opens to the public on March 13 |
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1996
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1997
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1998
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Native Village
of Afognak Tribal Council formed |
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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Native Village
of Afognak Constitution adopted |
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2003
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2004
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2005
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