Klawock Cooperative Association
federally recognized Tribe in Alaska, United States
The Klawock Cooperative Association is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribe of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Klawock, Alaska Tlingit: Lawáak.
They are known as the Klawock Tlingit and Tlingit: Heinÿaa Ḵwáan.
Government
The Klawock Cooperative Association is led by a democratically elected tribal council. Its president is Dennis Nickerson. The Alaska Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs serves the tribe. They ratified its constitution and corporate charter in 1938.
The tribe is a member of the National Congress of American Indians.
Territory
Previously, the Heinÿaa Ḵwáan lived in Tuxekan, a winter settlement, but they migrated south to Klawock, which had been a summer settlement.
Klawock is on the western edge of Prince of Wales Island that is part of the Alexander Archipelago in Klawock Bay.
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