Below are some of the more common questions about Alaska’s past. The AHS has provided short answers and lists of publications from which you can learn more about each topic.

• Who were the first peoples of Alaska and how did they get here?
  
  
• What groups of people lived in Alaska when the first Europeans
  
  
• When was oil discovered and developed in Alaska?
  
  
• When and how did Alaska become a state?
  
  
• How did World War II affect Alaska?
  
  
• When and how did the United States come to own Alaska?