Skagway Village
federally recognized tribe in Alaska, United States
Skagway Village, also known at the Skagway Traditional Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribe of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Skagway, Alaska, and is estimated to have 57 citizens in 2025.
They are known as the Skagway Tlingit. The Tlingit language spelling is Tlingit: Shg̱agwei, Their local healthcare is provided by the Dahl Memorial Medical Clinic, which translates as "place where the north wind blows".
Government
Skagway Village is led by a democratically elected tribal council. Its president is Jamie Bricker. The Alaska Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs serves the tribe.
The tribe ratified its constitution and by-laws in 1980 and amended them in 2004, 2015, and 2021.
Territory
Tlingit people have lived in present-day Skagway, located on the Alaskan Panhandle, for millennia. European-Americans entered the region in the 1880s Gold Rush.
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