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1963: Alaska liquor store profits benefit public services

After years of debate, Bethel, Alaska, a city with a high population of Yup’ik and other Alaska Native peoples, opens a liquor store and uses the profits to fund public services.

Theme: Federal-Tribal Relations

Region: Arctic

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Bethel street scene. Oscar Samuelsen Trading Post.

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Street scene in Bethel, Alaska, ca. 1950–1959

Courtesy Ward Wells, Ward Wells Collection; Anchorage Museum

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Aerial view of Bethel, Alaska

Courtesy Robert Fortuine papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage