At a Juneau Assembly lands, housing and economic development committee meeting earlier this week, members gave initial approval for a plan that would acquire the island from the federal government and give it to the Douglas Indian Association.
"Douglas Indian Village"
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City and Borough of Juneau apologizes for 1962 burning of Douglas Indian Village
The apology was sudden, and not widely advertised, but it’s been on the mind of one Juneau Assembly member for years.
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The Douglas ballpark was once named for a star Lingít athlete. Community members hope to restore his legacy
Few in Juneau know the name Jimmy Manning. But for much of the last century, he was famous here.
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Church commits $1 million to repair closure of Juneau’s Memorial Presbyterian Church
The Lingít community was hit hard when the community church was shuttered in a move considered racist.
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Yanyeidí healing totem shares indigenous knowledge
The totem pole was created for Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and Douglas Indian Association, as part of a healing process for the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan Tlingit tribe. The pole memorializes the deliberate burning of Akáx Yaa Andagán, the Douglas Indian village, in 1962 and honors the residents who lost their homes.
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Totem pole erected in Savikko Park represents long-delayed healing for descendants of Douglas Indian Village
Members of the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan gathered Tuesday at Savikko Park in Douglas for the raising of the Yanyeidì Gooch kootéeyaa, or Wolf totem pole.
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Solemn totem raising acknowledges Douglas and T’aak̲u K̲wáan’s buried past
The somber ceremony is the beginning of the T’aak̲u K̲wáan tribal government’s plans to formally recognize historic trauma and begin healing. The 26-foot Raven Pole honors the Gaanaxteidí clan of the T’aak̲u K̲wáan, leaf of devil’s club that represents healing and a carved staff which represents the end of grieving.
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Forgiving without forgetting: A Tlingit village up in smoke
In 1962, the Douglas Indian Village was set ablaze to make way for a new harbor. This month marks 53 years since the city displaced households of Tlingit T’aaku Kwáan families.
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