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Headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, Sealaska is a for-profit corporation with more than 23,000 Alaska Native shareholders [1] primarily of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian descent. [2] Sealaska was incorporated in Alaska on June 16, 1972. [3] In 1981, Sealaska Corporation sponsored the creation of the non-profit Sealaska Heritage Foundation, now the ...
1404263. Website. juneau.org. Juneau (/ ˈdʒuːnoʊ / JOO-noh; Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni [ˈtsʌ́ntʰɪ̀ kʼɪ̀ˈhíːnɪ̀]), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.
The Inside Passage (French: Passage Intérieur) is a coastal route for ships and boats along a network of passages which weave through the islands on the Pacific Northwest coast of the North American Fjordland. The route extends from southeastern Alaska in the United States, through western British Columbia in Canada, to northwestern Washington ...
The Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada speak the Tlingit language (Lingít [ɬɪ̀nkítʰ]), [ 5 ] which is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Lingít has a complex grammar and sound system and also uses certain phonemes unheard in almost any other language. [ 25 ] Tlingit has an estimated 200 to 400 native speakers in ...
The Juneau gold belt is located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. This belt is approximately 100 miles (160 km) in length, north/northwest-trending, [1] and extends from Berners Bay southeastward to Windham Bay, 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Juneau, and includes Douglas Island. [2][3]: 25 The belt contains over 200 gold ...
The City and Borough of Yakutat[ 1 ] (/ ˈjækətæt /, YAK-ə-tat; [ 8 ] Tlingit: Yaakwdáat; ‹See Tfd› Russian: Якутат) is a borough [ 9 ] in the state of Alaska. Yakutat was also the name of a former city within the borough. The name in Tlingit is Yaakwdáat (meaning "the place where canoes rest").
Fritz Cove. / 58.32806°N 134.64167°W / 58.32806; -134.64167. Fritz Cove is a bay on the northwestern coast of Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. [1] Lying in Stephens Passage, it is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of the city of Juneau. Historically, Fritz Cove was used for fishing by Alaska Natives ...
Alaska Communications. Alaska Power and Telephone Company. Alaska Railroad. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. Aleut Corporation. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. AT&T Alascom.