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Word: tlingit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...painted geodesic dome meant to symbolize a nugget, or else pan gold themselves, sourdough-fashion, in chutes from the Chena River; sip cocktails in the "Wheelhouse," a VIP lounge on the superstructure of the old Alaskan stern-wheeler Nenana; view an aboriginal village with Eskimo kayak rides and a Tlingit totem-pole carver at work; or ogle the cancan dancers from an authentic gold-rush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska: The Way North | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

...doubled the faculty, added $7,000,000 worth of new buildings. More important, the university has really begun serving Alaska. It rolls out useful pamphlets, from "How to Cook Moosemeat" to "Hints for Wilderness Wives." Its four community colleges (Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan, Palmer) teach everything from aircraft maintenance to Tlingit Indian culture. To help exploit Alaska's rich resources, it rummages heaven and earth. The topflight Geophysical Institute has probably done more aurora borealis research than any other group in the world. The mining school, with its own mine under the campus, has taught 18,000 Alaskans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Upgrading in Alaska | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

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