Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: reindeer; Alaskan Eskimos; Washington; President Roosevelt; Anthony Dimond of Alaska; Alaskan natives; Paul W. Gordon; Alaskan affairs; interior department supervisor; reindeer industry; food supply; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska; Pacific; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91069

Eskimos Are Given Back Reindeer Herds. Eskimos Are Given Back Reindeer Herds. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. (/P)- President Roosevelt signed today a (bill appropriating $2,000,000 to restore Alaskan reindeer herds to the Eskimos and Indians. The bill makes it illegal for whites to operate herds. Delegate Anthony Dimond of Alaska said the measure would "keep the Alaskan natives off the dole." Natives became destitute, he said, as they lost their principal food supply. Paul W. Gordon, interior department supervisor of Alaskan affairs, remarked before a congressional committee: "The reindeer industry provides a food supply that solves a pressing problem."