Party politics or protest politics: current political trends in Alaska
Politics has been a lively part of the Alaskan way of life since the Territory was created by the Organic Act of 1912 (a half-loaf of self-government), and assumed new dimensions with the Statehood Act of 1958. But with the exception of Indians resident in the south-east region Alaskan politics was...
| Published in: | Polar Record |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1969
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400064469 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400064469 |
| Summary: | Politics has been a lively part of the Alaskan way of life since the Territory was created by the Organic Act of 1912 (a half-loaf of self-government), and assumed new dimensions with the Statehood Act of 1958. But with the exception of Indians resident in the south-east region Alaskan politics was a game that the Eskimos and Aleuts of the western and northern coastal regions and the interior Indians (approximately 78 per cent of the total 1960 Native population) did not join in although they could participate automatically after 1924, and by application between 1915 and 1924. After World War II, these people began to exercise their right to vote, but they did not yet constitute an important political force. |
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