List of Alaska state symbols

State symbols of Alaska
List of state symbols
	Flag of Alaska
	Seal of Alaska
Nickname	The Last Frontier Frontier
Motto	"North to the future"
Song	"Alaska's Flag"
Language	List of official languages English; Inupiaq; Siberian Yupik; Central Alaskan Yup'ik; Alutiiq; Unanga/Cx; Dena'ina; Deg Xinag; Holikachuk; Koyukon; Upper Kuskokwim; Gwich'in; Tanana; Upper Tanana; Tanacross; Hän; Ahtna; Eyak; Tlingit; Haida; Tsimshian;
Foundation day	January 3, 1959
Living insignia
Bird	Willow ptarmigan
Dog breed	Alaskan Malamute
Fish	King salmon
Flower	Forget-me-not
Insect	Four-spot skimmer dragonfly
Mammal	Land: Moose; Marine: Bowhead whale;
Tree	Sitka spruce
Inanimate insignia
Firearm	Winchester Model 70
Fossil	Woolly Mammoth
Gemstone	Jade
Mineral	Gold
Sport	Dog Mushing
State route marker
State quarter
	Released in 2008
	Lists of United States state symbols

The state of Alaska has numerous symbols found in the Alaska Statutes.^[1]

Insignia

Type	Symbol	Year
Flag of Alaska	The North Star and the Big Dipper on a field of blue	1927
Seal	The Seal of the state of Alaska	1959
Motto	"North to the future"	1967

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Flower	Forget-me-not	1917
Tree	Sitka spruce	1962

Type	Symbol	Year
Bird	Willow ptarmigan	1955
Dog	Alaskan Malamute	2010
Fish	King salmon	1962
Insect	Four-spot skimmer dragonfly	1995
Land mammal	Moose	1998
Marine mammal	Bowhead whale	1983

Type	Symbol	Year
Fossil	Woolly Mammoth	1986
Gem	Jade	1968
Mineral	Gold	1968

Type	Symbol	Year
Song	"Alaska's Flag"	1959
Sport	Dog Mushing	1972
Bolt-action rifle	Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70	2014^[2]

Not defined by Alaska statutes:

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Quarters	Alaska State Quarter	2008

^ "Chapter 09. State Seal, Flag, and Emblems", Alaska Statutes, Title 44. State Government, 2018, retrieved 2019-05-17
^ "Parnell signs bill designating state gun". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. July 30, 2014. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

"State Symbols". Alaska State Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-07.