Excerpt from Report of the Governor of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior, 1917 In such sections of Alaska where reindeer have been distributed the natives' economic independence is already established. However, such sections are restricted to the coastal regions, western, and north western Alaska. The value of the reindeer industry to the natives of Alaska can not be overestimated, and the introduction of this. Industry into Alaska will ever remain a noteworthy example of one of the Government's constructive policies. The Bureau of Education, to whose credit the successful management of the industry belongs, having thus established its ability to deal with the problems of the natives, should be given by Congress the additional means it needs. And has asked for for so many years with which to establish the na tives of the entire Territory on a permanent economic basis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.