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At incorporation, Sealaska enrolled 15,782 Alaska Natives, [2] each of whom received 100 shares of Sealaska stock. Approximately 1,800 additional Alaska Natives have since acquired Sealaska stock through inheritance of shares or gifting. [1] [2] As an ANCSA corporation, Sealaska has no publicly traded stock, and its shares cannot legally be sold.
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 advances the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Native cultures of Southeast Alaska, and has held that position since 1997. [1]
The 2022 theme was "Celebrating 10,000 years of cultural survival." This was announced by Rosita Worl, president of Sealaska Heritage Institute. [1] During that year's event, Juneau unveiled the first 360-degree totem pole in Alaska: the 22-foot-tall Sealaska Cultural Values Totem Pole. [1]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Alaska on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The U.S. Navy made an official apology this week for the bombardment and near destruction of a native Alaskan village 142 years ago. Speaking Saturday in Angoon, Alaska, located about 100 miles ...
Location of Anchorage in the State of Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
The Act lays out the specifics of the corporations' status. Here is an excerpt of the relevant portion: [5] 43 U.S.C. § 1606 (a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration.
Alaska Natives: A— Na–Dene-speaking peoples: a— Yukon Subarctic : Alaskan Athabaskans b— Northwest Coast : Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian B— Eskimo–Aleut-speaking peoples: