From historic Russian American Company Regulations and Privileges for Creoles, meaning mixed Russian and Native blood, from February 28, 1822.
- Creoles will be encouraged not to follow savage ways
- Creoles who are not legitimized are citizens of the colonies and are therefore Russian subjects. They have all the rights of laws and must obey them
- Creoles must apply, in writing, to the Company Office in order to change residence. Transferring residences without permission will lead to a charge of vagrancy
- Education –
- Creoles are obliged to the company for their education and must serve the company for twenty-nine years
- Creoles educated to a craft at Company expense will fit into the following categories –
- From birth to age 16 they will be treated as apprentices
- From ages 16 to 20 they will be assigned to occupations and will be provided with the necessities appropriate to the positions they occupy
- Compensation –
- From ages 20 to 29 they are to receive salaries from $50.00 to $175.00 per year including clothing and food
- Each Creole will receive 1/2 to 1 pound flour per month free
- Rank –
- Creoles educated to an art or science will be treated as students –
- Each pupil will receive: one set warm gray woolen clothing, one set summer clothing made of ticking, 3 fur hats, 3 lined shirts, one cap, one set leggings
- Each student will receive 10 pounds flour per month, five pounds of groats per month, and five pounds peas per month
- Each student will receive necessary ink, pencils, etc
- Creoles in the Company Service can become clerks or office managers
- Creoles in the Company Service can, in special cases, be given privileges and titles
- Creoles educated to an art or science will be treated as students –
Those Creoles Who Do Not Enter Company Service
- Those Creoles not in Company Service may go in hunting expeditions with their relatives, but they must participate according to the rules
- Those Creoles not in Company Service must not ask the company for assistance in food, clothing or other privileges
- A charge of laziness or vagrancy on the part of Creoles not in the Company Service will result in one year’s service
- Those Creoles not in Company Service will be granted free medical care in an emergency