Sheldon Jackson

Sheldon Jackson

male, deceased (1909)
Alaska Native, reindeer, Siberia, princeton theological seminary, missionary, inuit…AlaskaNatives
Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. He is particularly known for his...

Dorothy Jean Ray

female, 90 years old
Alaska Native, Art historian, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, A Legacy of Arctic Art, Arctic Anthropology, Journal of the West…Alaska History, Alaska Journal, AlaskaNatives, University of Alaska Museum Fairbanks, University Of Alaska Fairbanks
Dorothy Jean Ray (b. October 10, 1919) is an author and anthropologist best-known for her study of Native Alaskan art and culture. In addition to a...
Dorothy Page

Dorothy Page

female, deceased (1989)
Alaska Native, purchase of alaska, AlaskaNatives, dogsled racing, 20th centuries, 1,600 km…Alaska Interior, Alaska Purchase, Alaska Bush, From Alaska
Dorothy G. Page (died November 16, 1989) was best known as "Mother of the Iditarod", the 1,049-mile (about 1,600 km) dog sled race across the U.S....
Emmitt Peters

Emmitt Peters

male
Alaska dog musher, Iditarod, Alaska Native, AlaskaNatives, dogsled racing, dog musher…Alaska Interior, From Alaska
Emmitt Peters (born 1941 or 1942), known as the "Yukon Fox", is an Alaskan American hunter, fisher, trapper, and dog musher. The last rookie to win...
Agapius Honcharenko

Agapius Honcharenko

male, deceased (1916)
Alaska Native, Ukrainian-American, Russian, ukrainian, eastern orthodox church, ukrainian language…AlaskaNatives, The Alaska Herald
Reverend Agapius Honcharenko was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Greek Orthodox priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion...
Quanah Crossland Stamps

Quanah Crossland Stamps

female, 46 years old
Republican, republican party, cherokee nation, American, Department of Health and Human Services, Quanah LeeAnn Crossland
Ms. Quanah Crossland Stamps is the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans (ANA). Appointed by President George W. Bush and...