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Alaska GenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~akgenweb/index2.htm
Part of the USGenWeb Project, this volunteer organization provides free websites for genealogical research.

Alaska Office of History & Archaeology > Alaska Historical Commission
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/histcomm/ahc.htm

The nine-member commission advises the Governor of Alaska on programs concerning history and prehistory, historic sites and buildings, and geographic names.

Alaskool: Alaska Native Curriculum Project
http://www.alaskool.org
 
Online materials about Alaska Native history, education, languages, and culture.

National Park Service > Prehistory of Alaska
http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc
Links to html pages that provide an overview of the prehistory of Alaska and to pages that describe the cultural resources (archaeology, history, ethnography) in each national park and preserve in Alaska.

University of Alaska Fairbanks > Dictionary of Alaska Place Names
http://library.uaf.edu/resources-dictionary-of-alaska-place-names
A downloadable pdf that contains an alphabetical list of geographic names that have been or currently are used for places and features of the Alaska landscape. Information for each name includes its origin and history as well as variant spellings and names.