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Alaska State Symbols, Songs, and Emblems

For the latest symbols information, visit the NETSTATE CHRONICLE.

List order by Designation by Year of adoption

Making laws in Alaska

The Alaska legislature offers several options to help us understand how laws are made in the state. There are a couple of documents that may help; the Legislative Process in Alaska and the brief Steps in the Passage of a Bill.

A Glossary of Legislative Terms will, no doubt, come in handy.

The Handbook on Alaska State Goverment, prepared by the State of Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency, covers the whole of the government structure.

Additional Information

Alaska Kid's Corner: Alaska stae symbols and facts from the State of Alaska.

Alaska
Facts and Symbols
Muriel L. Dubois

Alaska Facts and Symbols, by Muriel L. Dubois. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major Alaska symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.

State Names, Seals
Flags and Symbols
Benjamin F. Shearer
Barbara S. Shearer

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."

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