Sheetʼká

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sheetʼká canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
traditional Indigenous place
associatedEthnicGroup Tlingit
coastalLocation North Pacific
Pacific Ocean
country United States
culturalRegion Northwest Coast
hasCulturalImportanceFor Tlingit people
linked to: Tongass people
hasEnvironment temperate rainforest
hasHistoricalContext Russian America period
pre-colonial Tlingit territory
hasHistoricSignificance historic coastal community
hasIndigenousNameType Tlingit toponym
hasLanguage Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
hasModernJurisdiction City and Borough of Sitka
hasSettlement Sitka
isEarlierNameFor Sitka
locatedIn Alaska
Southeast Alaska
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

United States
locatedOn Baranof Island
modernName Sitka
nativeNameOf Sitka
partOf Alexander Archipelago
regionType coastal area
traditionalTerritoryOf Tlingit people
linked to: Tongass people
usedBy Tlingit communities

How these facts were elicited

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

Sitka indigenousName Sheetʼká