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Ms. Heck's Assignment

The information below was taken from "Alaska Studies• STUDENT MATERIALS, Unit 1: Introduction 4." (Revised Fall 2004)

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02000.html for census information http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml is another good site for census information http://www.asdk12.org/demographics-gis/ethnicity/ The Anchorage School District page that provides information on Anchorage's school population, broken down by ethnicity.
 * Census and Demographic Information**

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm for information on the state's communitites http://juneaualaska.com/between/ for articles on Land Claims and Alaska's Regional Corporations http://www.subsistence.adfg.state.ak.us/ website of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Subsistence Division http://www.apfc.org/home/Content/home/index.cfm website of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
 * Communitites and Economy**

http://www.alaskool.org/ website that focuseson the history, cultures, and contemporary issues of Alkasa from an Alaska Native perspective... http://litsite.org/ website devoted to Alaska writers and written works about Alaskans... http://ankn.uaf.edu/ "ankn" stands for "Alaska Native Knowledge Network" http://library.state.ak.us/goldrush/ website contains primary sources and beautiful graphics about Alaska's Gold Rush http://anchoragemuseum.org/ Anchorage Museum of Histroy and Art website http://alaskanative.net/ the Alaska Native Heritage Center website http://www.muni.org/FastFacts/Pages/History.aspx for information on Anchorage's history http://www.alaska.edu/creatingalaska/ for information on the 1955 Alaska Constitutional Convention http://akhistorycourse.org/ for online resources designed for students http://nativefederation.org/ website of the Alaska Federation of Natives, an organization that represents all the Regional Corporations that were established under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/ webiste of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus http://vilda.alaska.edu historic photographs arranged by category (Alaska State Library)
 * History and Cultures**

http://www.elections.alaska.gov/er_rd_dd_pm.php information onAlaska's legislative districts [|Alaska's Constitution online]
 * Political Structure**

http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ Information on creating a National History Day Project and on doing an annotated bibliography http://www.asdk12.org/sped/studyskills/ Study Skills Links
 * Student-oriented Self-Help Pages**

http://www.shgresources.com/ak/timeline/ http://www.alaskool.org/cgi-bin/java/interactive/timelineframe.html
 * Timelines**