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Alaskan Malamute Did You Know?
- Named after the native Innuit tribe called Mahlemuts, who settled along
the shores of Kotzebue Sound in the upper-western part of Alaska.
- The Mal is one of the oldest Arctic sled dogs.
- The Malamute is the native Alaskan Arctic breed, cousin to the Samoyed
of Russia, Siberian Husky, and the Eskimo dogs of Greenland and Labrador.
- The Mal was recognized for AKC registration in 1935.
- The Mal is a popular sled dog.
- When sled racing enjoyed its heyday in the early 1900's, the Alaskan
Mal breed was intermingled with some outside strain, leading to the period
from 1909-1918 to be called the age of "decay of the Arctic sledge
dog."
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