Jackson, Sheldon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...having already established missions and schools in that territory. In 1885 he became...with the task of organizing a free school system for Native American, Eskimo...succeeded in the next 20 years in bringing school facilities to all corners of Alaska...reindeer to supplement the dwindling food resources and in 1892, with government aid, brought...