Background
William Thomas Lopp was born June 21, 1864 to Jacob C. and Lucinda Trotter Lopp at Valley City, Indiana.
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Career
He was a missionary and advocate of turning native hunters into self-sufficient reindeer herders. Lopp Lagoon, an 18 mi. long bay near where Lopp lived in, is named after him. He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Indiana"s Hanover College in 1888.
In 1890 Lopp moved to Cape Prince of Wales, to teach at a mission school.
Seeing that Eskimo food sources were endangered by the encroachments of the burgeoning American and Canadian fishing industry, Lopp promoted reindeer herding among the native ns as an alternative means of subsistence. In 1892 reindeer were brought over from Siberia and a "reindeer station" was established, with Lopp as superintendent.
Lopp moved his family to, United States of America in 1902, but continued involvement in n native education and reindeer herding for 34 more years, holding a variety of government and private industry positions. During his career Lopp established sixty-six schools, five hospitals and sanitation systems, and increased prosperity in the coastal villages of northern 1904–1909 Superintendent of government schools (Native) and reindeer, northern district, of 1910–1923 Chief of the division of the United States. Bureau of Education.
1923–1925 Superintendent of education of Natives of 1925–? Reindeer expert for Hudson"s Bay Company.
