The US Homestead Act, Farms, the Pioneer Flood & Shuffling of the Cards
Honoring the Salmon & other lost native flora & fauna
Alaska became part of the U.S. with its purchase from Russian in 1867. The U.S. Homestead Act, signed by President Lincoln in 1862, promised citizens or intended citizens 160 acres of almost free land (with a small registration fee and 2 years of hard work). It was extended to Alaska in 1898. For a world steeped in inheritance and favoritism, it was a shuffling of the cards in the favor of the industrious. In 30 this year period, the countries’ populace grew rapidly, many immigrating to the U.S. through Canada (and vice versa). This Lesson explores the waves of immigration, each of the immigrant cultures and communities, and their contributions … with apology to the: Eyak, Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian who were further displaced … their forest groves and glades, salmon streams and hunting grounds lost.
The official state tree
of Alaska is the:
Reproducible Student Worksheet
Color or paint the State Tree of Alaska
Homestead Act, Farms, Shuffling the Cards
State of Alaska History
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