At the turn of the century, Edward Anton Rasmuson, a Swedish-born missionary, came to the Alaskan border to teach Tlingit children at a time when many small villages lacked public schools. Before he died in 1949, Rasmuson would rise to lead the Alaska National Bank, the largest bank in the region, but he would never …

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