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Word: metlakatla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...Indian victims of Canadian religious persecution got U. S. permission to settle in Alaska, founded Alaska's first refugee colony at Metlakatla. They fished for salmon, now have Alaska's most prosperous municipality. With publicly owned utilities, a 60-piece band, Alaska's only municipal hall, modern Met-lakatlans have fine homes (onefourth have organs or pianos), own boats valued from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Defrosting | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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