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Newspaper The Thlinget (Sitka, Alaska) 1908-1912

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About The Thlinget (Sitka, Alaska) 1908-1912

Published monthly at the Sitka Training School between August 1908 and June 1912, the Thlingit stands out as a publication written by and for Alaska Native tribespeople. Volume 1, No. 1 states: “Our Paper bears the name of The Thlingit not because this is the name of the largest tribe of Alaskan natives but because it means ‘the people.’ Although primarily a school paper The Thlingit will be constantly devoted to the welfare of all native people of Alaska.”

Judge James Wickersham, in A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature, incorrectly lists the Thlingit as the Sitka Thlingit. Edited by George J. Beck between December 1911 and June 1912, the Thlingit preceded the Verstovian, which started its run October 1914 at Sheldon Jackson School, formerly called the Sitka Training School.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Thlinget (Sitka, Alaska) 1908-1912

Names

  • Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
  • Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)

Dates of Publication

  • 1908-1912

Created / Published

  • Sitka, Alaska : Sitka Training School, 1908-1912.
  • Sitka, Alaska : Sheldon Jackson School

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Alaska--Newspapers
  • -  Sitka (Alaska)--Newspapers
  • -  Indians of North America
  • -  Alaska
  • -  Alaska--Sitka
  • -  United States--Alaska--Sitka

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Monthly
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 1908)-v.4, no. 11 (June 1912).
  • -  "Devoted to the interests of the native people of Alaska."
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Verstovian (DLC) sn 94050024 (OCoLC)11059013

Medium

  • 4 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • F901 .T44

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn94050023

OCLC Number

  • 19911015

ISSN Number

  • 2577-3925

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The Thlinget Sitka, Alaska -1912. (Sitka, AK), Jan. 1 1908. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn94050023/.

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(1908, January 1) The Thlinget Sitka, Alaska -1912. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn94050023/.

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The Thlinget Sitka, Alaska -1912. (Sitka, AK) 1 Jan. 1908. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn94050023/.