The little scene is from the shadow box in the Latouche Railcar. The tiny mukluks are handsewn from seal skin, circa 1940s. They were part of my grandparents, Chris and Millie Sorenson's estate.
The photograph is of a young native couple in the Seward area, circa 1907. It is from the Brown & Hawkins collection.
The Qutekcak Native Tribe is the tribal organization for the Alaska Natives in the Seward area.
It is a unique native community made up of Alaska Natives who migrated to this area from all over the state. Members are Yupik, Inupiaq, Aleut, Tlingit, Alu'utiq, Siberian Eskimo, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Cherokee.
Seward is located in the Chugach Alaska Corporation area, one of thirteen regional corporations set up under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1972. A signifiant departure from the established federal Indian reservation system used in the Lower 48, ANCSA is a system of corporate ownership assets, and was developed to ensure long-term profitability and financial independence for Alaska Natives.
Today, Alaska's Native Regional Corporations and their subsidiaries are strongly represented in the Alaska Business Monthly's Magazine of Top 49ers - a ranking of the top Alaskan-owned and operated businesses. 23 of Alaska's Native-owned businesses generated over $8 billion in revenues in 2008.
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