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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 ...
About a decade after the Alaska Statehood Act in 1959 there were two significant Federal acts that impacted Alaska Natives.. The first was the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of December 1971, which set up 13 regional for-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations for Alaska Natives - 12 in the state and one based in the Lower 48 for Alaska Natives living in the continental United ...
Born. (1937-04-29) April 29, 1937 (age 87) Petersburg, Alaska. Alma mater. Alaska Methodist University Harvard University. Rosita Kaaháni Worl is an American anthropologist and Alaska Native cultural, business and political leader. She is president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a Juneau-based nonprofit organization that preserves and ...
The first event had 200 participants, and was mainly a dance festival. It has grown to be the largest cultural event in Alaska. [2] [quantify] It is sponsored and organized by the Sealaska Heritage Institute, the non-profit cultural arm of Sealaska Corporation. [3] The 2012 Celebration was reported to have brought $2 million into the Juneau ...
Ahtna, Incorporated [1] Alaska Central Express. Alaska Communications. Alaska Power and Telephone Company. Alaska Railroad. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. Aleut Corporation. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
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.
Huna Totem Corporation (HTC) is a for-profit corporation formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), [1] enacted by the U.S. Congress on December 18, 1971. Regional and village corporations were formed under ANCSA, of which Huna Totem is one of the village corporations. Sealaska Corporation is the regional corporation for ...
Residence. Angoon, Alaska. Alma mater. Alaska Pacific University. University of Washington. Albert Matthew Kookesh, Jr. (November 24, 1948 – May 28, 2021) [1] was an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate. He represented District C as a Democrat from 2005 through 2013. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of ...