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Sitka National Historical Park
Centennial Celebration Events for June 16 - 19, 2010
A Celebration of Our Living Cultures

In June, Sitka hosted the Alutiiq-Tlingit Sharing of Cultures, one of a series of events through which the park is celebrating its centennial year. Ten Alutiiq elders and students from around Kodiak Island traveled to Sitka on June 16 - 21 to exchange information and experiences about their cultures with their host Tlingit groups, and to make possible the return to Kodiak a series of songs and dances that were lost to the Alutiiq during the Russian era in Alaska.

For more details on this special event, click here. 

To read about coverage of this event by KMXT 100.1 FM out of Kodiak, AK, click here.
 
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In June, 2010, Sitka hosted a cultural celebration.

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Did You Know?
The transfer of Alaska from Russia took place in Sitka. On October 18, 1867, the Russian flag was lowered on Castle Hill, home of Alaska's Russian governors, the American flag was raised, and a brief exchange of statements completed the transfer of Alaska to the United States.
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