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1902

cultural violence

Fairbanks Massacre (1902)

Fairbanks, Alaska, AK · On map

Fairbanks Massacre (1902)
Fairbanks Massacre (1902)

White miners attacked and killed at least 10 Chinese and Native Alaskan laborers in Fairbanks after a dispute over wages and living conditions. The incident exemplified racial violence against Asian and Indigenous workers in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska during the early gold rush era[2]. No perpetrators were ever prosecuted.

Indigenous Racial violence

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