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Host: Shawn Spruce
As Russia works to forcibly annex a neighboring country, it’s instructive to recount its checkered history among Alaska Natives. Russian explorers in the early 18th Century cleared the path for a period of influence that continues today. Alaskan landmarks still bear the names of early Russian settlers and the Russian Orthodox religion remains a touchstone for villages. We’ll get a better understanding of Russian expansion into Alaska and what it means today.
GUESTS
Sarah Harrington, executive director of the Kodiak Historical Society and Kodiak History Museum
Hal Spackman, executive director of The Sitka History Museum
Break 1 Music: Oldest Rabbit Dance Song (song) William Horncloud (artist) Rabbit Dance Songs of The Lakota (album)
Break 2 music: Song #7 (song) Red Lake Singers (artist) Old Times (album)
