Sheetʼká

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geographic region traditional Indigenous place

Sheetʼká is the Tlingit name for the area now known as Sitka, a historic coastal community in Southeast Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
traditional Indigenous place ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Tlingit ⓘ
coastalLocation Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific

Pacific Ocean ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast
hasCulturalImportanceFor Tongass people ⓘ
surface form: Tlingit people
hasEnvironment temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Russian America period ⓘ
pre-colonial Tlingit territory ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance historic coastal community ⓘ
hasIndigenousNameType Tlingit toponym ⓘ
hasLanguage Tlingit ⓘ
surface form: Tlingit language
hasModernJurisdiction City and Borough of Sitka ⓘ
hasSettlement Sitka NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEarlierNameFor Sitka NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Southeastern Alaska ⓘ
surface form: Southeast Alaska

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn Baranof Island ⓘ
modernName Sitka NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeNameOf Sitka NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
regionType coastal area ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Tongass people ⓘ
surface form: Tlingit people
usedBy Tlingit communities ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sitka → indigenousName → Sheetʼká ⓘ