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Angoon, AK - History
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Welcome to the Angoon Home page. The Angoon Home page provides as much information as possible on Angoon. Knowing Angoon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Angoon’s Home page, you will also find Angoon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Angoon has a population of 497. 54.9% of Angoon’s inhabitants are Male, and 45.1 are female. 44.5% of Angoon is married and 57% own their own home. The Average Home price is $148,611, and the average rent is $525. Household median income in Angoon is $41,500, and the individual median income is $28,250. Angoon’s Ethnic is the following: Native(54.9%), White(19.9%), Hispanic(13.1%), Black(11.1%), Multiple(9.9%), Other(4.2%).
Admiralty Island has long been the home of the Kootznoowoo Tlingit group, or Xootsnoowú Ḵwáan in Tlingit. Kootznoowoo means "fortress of brown bears", literally xoots-noow-ú "brown.bear-fortress-possessive". Angoon has a less-rainy climate than most of southeastern Alaska and was valued by the Tlingit for that reason. During the Russian period in Alaska, from the 18th century to the mid-19th century, maritime fur trading was a major economic activity in the area. In 1878, after the 1867 Alaska Purchase, the North West Trading Company established a trading post and whaling station on nearby Killisnoo Island and employed Angoon villagers to hunt whales.
Whaling, a school, and a Russian Orthodox church attracted many Tlingits to neighboring Killisnoo. In October 1882 of the village was destroyed in the Angoon Bombardment by US Naval forces under the command Commander Edgar C. Merriman and the USRC Thomas Corwin under the command of Michael A. Healy.
The Tlingit villagers had taken white hostages and property and demanded two hundred blankets in compensation from the North West Trading Company following the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman who died in a whaling bomb accident while working on the whaler. The hostages were released upon the arrival of the naval expedition to Angoon, however Merriman demanded four hundred blankets in tribute and upon the Tlingit delivery of just eighty one blankets, Merriman's forces destroyed the village.After a short time, the North West Trading Company switched to herring processing.
During this time, many Tlingits moved to Killisnoo for employment at the fish plant. In 1928, Killisnoo was destroyed by fire and many Tlingits returned to Angoon. In 1973, Angoon won a U.S. $90,000 settlement from the United States government for the 1882 bombardment.
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