The 1867, Treaty of Cession with the Russians, made clear that the inhabitants of Alaska "with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all rights, advantages, immunities of citizens of the united states...", to be clearer, this meant the Alaskan natives did not get the same rights as a citizen did. The native people were not second class citizens. They weren't even citizens to Alaska, "The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the united states may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country", to be clearer, that means the United states gave the tribes laws and regulations. In 1915, the territorial legislature came up with a complicated procedure …show more content…
In 1867 the Russians agreed to sign The Treaty of Cession which gave cede to the United States. The first thing the Americans did was that they sent military convoys just to make sure that the Natives didn’t pose a threat to the Americans. The Native people didn’t pose a threat to the Americans, instead they greeted them. One way they didn’t pose a threat was that Chief Setsui and his people, saved a whole convoy by finding, feeding, clothing, and guidance to the city Yukon. Chief Setsui was recognized by the United States military for his leadership. Later on, the US began the colonial process. In some places, the language of Russian & Native were banned from school. Teachers applied poison to the tongues of those who spoke the indifferent language. This could kill or harm the kids. The Native people were prohibited to own land, make a business, and even shop at the shopping stores. Just like what happened to the blacks, in front of stores, there were signs that said “no dogs, no Natives”. In 1959, the United States established the state of Alaska and granted land to some natives. The congress established the Alaska native claims settlement act (ANCSA) in 1971. They made this act without consent from Alaskan natives. ANCSA was a deal that made the United States pay about 1 billion dollars for taking the land from the Alaskan natives, leaving 44 acres of land to natives. The act almost cost the natives to lose the 44 acres of land, but the native people were getting Amendments from the ANCSA to protect the land. In the end, the United States started as mean people because Alaskan natives were new to them, but then they started to give them