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The Native people of the Interior are the Athabaskans, who have
survived as a recognizable group in Alaska for more than 10,000
years. Although animals were the primary source of food, clothes,
and tools, the Athabaskans also used forest products to make many
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Fairbanks began as a gold-mining town. The gold case displays
small to fist-sized nuggets recovered from streams, as well as
gold worked into artistic objects. This is the largest display
of gold nuggets in the state.
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The building of the Alaska Highway during World War II was the
realization of a 19th-century dream. The Alaska Highway exhibit
shows how the 97th Army Corps of Engineers, an all-Black regiment,
built the Richardson Highway, Tok Cutoff, and the Alcan Highway
from Delta to the Canadian border.
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