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The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023). On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
The Alaska Purchase Treaty is absolutely clear that the agreement was for a complete Russian cession of the territory. [30] [31] Not the purchase from the Russian Empire, but the legitimacy of colonial rule altogether has been an issue of the Alaskan Native American peoples in their struggle to democracy and indigenous rights .
The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC ), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from the Aleut word Alaxsxaq (also spelled ...
Alaska Airlines on Sunday stated its intent to buy Hawaiian in a deal worth $1.9 billion. The two airlines said they would continue to operate under their respective names but out of Alaska’s ...
Alaska Airlines agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal announced Sunday, potentially putting it on track for a clash with a Biden administration wary of higher airfares. The ...
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada 's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. The dispute had existed between the Russian Empire and Britain since 1821, and was inherited by the United States as a ...
Alaska Airlines is a member of Oneworld, the third-largest airline alliance in the world. [6] As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people and has been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve consecutive years.
Oct. 5—Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and his wife, Jodi, recently purchased a prominent, 180-room Anchorage hotel, and have laid plans for a $6 million renovation. The Inlet View Tower, as ...