TIL that in the 1890s, the U.S. government created the Alaska Reindeer Service, in an attempt to persuade Alaskan natives to become reindeer herders. Reindeer were imported from Siberia, and Sami herders were brought from Norway to teach the Alaskan natives.

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/planet-alaska-reindeer-walkers-and-alaskas-reindeer-history/
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