Battle of Sitka
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The Battle of Sitka in 1804 was the last major armed conflict between the Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The
Battle of Sitka Louis Glanzman, 1988
The Tlingit Ḵʼalyaan Pole, erected at the site of Fort Shís'gi Noow in Sitka National Historical Park to commemorate the lives of those lost in the Battle of Sitka.
The Russian merchant sloop Neva visits Kodiak, Alaska in 1802.
Chief Katlian
Tlingit clans
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The Tlingit clans of Southeast Alaska, in the United States, are one of the Indigenous cultures within Alaska. The Tlingit people also live in the Northwest Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and i
Battle of Sitka
…and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The primary combatant groups were the Kiks.ádi ("Ones of Kíks", Frog/Raven) clan of Sheetʼká Xʼáatʼi (Baranof Island) of the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the…
The Kiks.ádi totem pole in Wrangell, Alaska.