years ago, on october 18, 18 67, the russian flag was lowered and the american flag was raised in sitka, alaska. the transfermarked of the territory from russia to the united states following the $7.2 million alaska purchase. america," "alaska marknnial," produced to the 1967 centennial of the transfer ceremony. it thehe natives called great land, a hard, unforgiving land where bold, rock mountains thrust forever against agent nivers of ice -- against a rivers of ice, land of paradox where rivers nursed the tropical greenery. ♪ along the coast, forests of alder, spruce and cedar and pine spread for 1000 miles. deep and green, beyond the boundaries of imagination. the indians who tenanted this coast and named the land gave shape to the real and ghostly figures of the world, recorded their history and legends in the car's bruce logs -- their history and their legends in the logs. spruce among their lofty monuments, they left a carved record of the bearded russians who drove them from the great land. in the mid-18th century, the russian empire was expanding. there are explorers claimed the

the presbyterians were active with the boarding school called the sitka industrial school. that is where they would take young natives in and teach them there is useful trades, as far as the u.s. is concerned. boatbuilding, sewing, cooking, other trades. would allow their graduates to enter the workforce after they finished. some of the first graduates of the sitka industrial school founded the alaskan native brotherhood and sisterhood that is the oldest native civil rights organization in the united states. that was in 1912. it is really proof that the clink it people and other tribes had a strategy toward dealing with colonization. shamansmmon -- their saw the comings of the natives -- of the non-natives and to their lands. they advised clan leaders to send their best and brightest go to thele some to schools and learn the ways of the americans once they graduated, they used the mechanisms they learned about the government and how to petition the government. and turned it around on used it to fight for the rights. in 1971 inculminated the alaskan native claimed selling --

18,50 years ago on october 1967, the russian flag was lowered and the american flag was raised in sitka, alaska. next on "real america", alaska centennial, a half hour u.s. army big picture episode, produced to mark the 1967 centennial of the transfer ceremony. it thenatives called great land. where, unforgiving land mountains stretched forever against ancient rivers of ice. paradox, where streams and luminous days highlight the landscape. ♪ along the coast, forests of alder, spruce, cedar and pine spread for 1000 miles. deep and green beyond the boundaries of imagination. ♪ the indians who named the land gave shape to the real and ghostly figures of their world. recorded their history and their legends in the carving of spruce logs. ♪ >> among their lofty monuments, they left the record of the bearded russians who drove them from the great land. in the mid 18th century, the russian empire was expanding. 19 -- in 1741, their explorers claimed the land in the name of the 1741, russian widow of the russian leader. they brought the christian religion here. there russian orthodox church is

i've fly to fairbanks or southeast alaska like sitka and alaska -- it ranges so were talking hundreds of miles and hour long flights so it's not quite simple but that is where the telemedicine comes in. it saves costs for the state and saving cost to travel. instead of having to do that travel time they are able to get the care telemedicine. i think that alone is a huge savings major of the patients have that care connection as a part of that. of course, giving people away from hostile services like us being there prior to conditions getting worse where they have to be hospitalized. >> host: christopher dietrich, if you wanted to see a patient in no more sitka and you're in anchorage, where does that patient go? is he or she able to do this from their home? >> guest: yes, they download a similar app like skype and they could initiate care via their hub but sometimes we will have them go to their local clinics and that way they get basic vital signs and have more formality there but it's not always the case or needed. >> host: is it easier for you, as someone who works on mental health

it moved to sitka. it stayed in sitka for a wild. -- while.gress designated juneau as a capital and it was moved from sitka to juneau. this building was originally constructed for $712,000. foot.dollars square the total cost including all the furnishings was about $1 million. this is a very modest rendition of architecture. it is a masonry building primarily. it is composed of brick, stone, and terra-cotta. it is a very modest building. it is probably because it was originally intended to be a federal building with a territorial component. about three fourths of the building was dedicated to federal offices and federal agencies. the other fourths or one third was dedicated to territorial government. a federal and territorial building which was the title of the building when in 19.9, 1930. there was one distinctive characteristic of the building portico supported by four large marble columns. are fromble columns marble that comes from a mine in southeast alaska. they are about 3.5 feet in diameter and 24, 25 feet high. there is no mistaking the

sitka, skagway, a number of other places in alaska have on a daily basis large numbers of tourists visits. that is good. it allows a local economy to flourish, at least during the summer tour season. it puts strain on communities. as a passenger tax which is fair and responsible. allows communities to be responsible to the needs of both the community and tourist. this is another phenomenon in our state, the needs of the seafood industry, which is also as far as salmon is concerned, a .ummer based activity it can increase the populations of many small cannery and seafood processing towns by a factor of 25 to 75 percent. impact ongely the kodiak which has a resident population of seafood processing employees but also needs every summer to increase that number. by literally thousands. he served as lieutenant governor of alaska. he and governor walker were elected in 2014 and running for reelection. he's a democrat, the governor is an independent. the state legislature in alaska is republican-controlled and that makes for some interesting politics, doesn't it? lt. gov. mallott: it does but it