Alaska Panhandle

already been in effect in different areas in the world (Walker). Alaska has already implemented a program similar to this on a smaller scale. The Alaskan government made a great deal of money from Prudhoe Bay oil boom of the '70s (Walker). The people in office decided to invest their money into the citizens of Alaska. The Alaska Permanent Fund started sending annual checks to the residents of Alaska. The Native American residents of Alaska in regional areas organized a program similar to that…

In 1912, an Organic Act renamed the District of Alaska, the Territory of Alaska, which allowed Alaska to be represented in the federal government via a congressional delegate. The territory of Alaska lasted from August of 1912 to January of 1959, when it was admitted into the Union as a US state. Purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30th, 1867 for more than 7 million USD, Alaska was a part of the Russian American colonial possessions, which endured from 1733 to 1867. Before Europeans…

Everyone must need to accomplish a dream in order to feel like they have had a complete life. In the two memoirs, “The Devils Thumb” and “Everest”, the characters Jon Krakauer and Erik Weihenmayer, climb a mountain to accomplish their dream. Jon Krakauer deliberately tries to alter his life because he rancors it, yet Erik Weihenmayer was just circling a dream. The two characters assiduously try to climb a mountain and succeed. Both authors use unique perspectives, central ideas, tones, words,…

It is 2016; many view this as a time nearly free of discrimination. Sure, we have come a long way, but not far enough. Americans love to go home and watch the big game and cheer on their favorite team. Fans go all out to show their support for their favorite players: Team logos are plastered nearly everywhere. It is time to step back and think about what the name of the team, which fans have been shouting at the top of their lungs, really means. Many names are insensitive to the group they are…