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LATEST NEWS

Step Forward & Serve: Run for the Board of Directors

Cube Cove Crew Wraps Year-1 of Restoration Project

Short-Stay Rentals Now Available in Angoon

Now Accepting Candidate Packets for the Board of Directors

Winter 2025 Newsletter is Now Available

Thayer Hydro Statement on Federal Funding Freeze

Notice of the 52nd Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Board of Directors Approve December Dividend

KCEF Announces 2024-25 Scholarship Recipients

BIA Grant Brings Thayer Hydro to Fully Funded

KPFST Trustees Announce October Distribution

Shareholders Participate in Stewardship Training

Summer-Fall 2024 Newsletter is now available!

Kootznoowoo Board Appoints Interim President & CEO

Rewilding Cube Cove Story Map with Stewardship Crew

Thayer Creek Hydro Project Fulfills ‘dream of the elders’

51st Annual Meeting Proxy Prize Winners Announced

Election Results – 51st Annual Meeting of Shareholders

51st Annual Meeting of Shareholders Agenda

Kootznoowoo Launches Summer Guide Academy

Thayer Creek Hydro Project at Nearly Full Funding

Newport News Gets Upgrades and New Branding

51st Annual Meeting of Shareholders Election Launches

Angoon’s New Community Catalyst Welcomed Aboard

Summer Guide Academy Launched in Angoon

Spring 2024 Newsletter Now Available

Thayer Creek Project Receives $26.9M DOE Grant

2024 Board of Directors Candidate Packet Now Available

Save the Date – 51st Annual Meeting of Shareholders

KPFST Announces Feb. 2024 Distribution Amount

Record Date Set for KPFST’s February Distribution

Fish Habitat & Restoration Project at Cube Cove

Fall-Winter Newsletter Now Available

Register Now for Beginning Formline Workshop

Two-Needle Beading Class Offered in Angoon

KPFST Trustees Announce October 2023 Distribution

Spruce Root Weaving Class Offered in Angoon with SHI

Special Use Permit Awarded for Thayer Hydro Project

Angoon Students Name & Launch Dugout Canoe

KCEF Scholarship Application Period is Now Open

2023 Election Results & New Officers Announced

Agenda for the 50th Annual Meeting of Shareholders

KPFST Trustees Announce June 2023 Distribution Amount

KPFST June 1st Record Date Set for May 26th

Two Board Seats up for Election at 2023 Annual Meeting

2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Record Date

2023 Prospective Board Candidate Packet Now Available

Thomas Wilbur Named President & CEO

KPFST Announces February Distribution Amount

Board Announces Good News for Shareholders

Canoe Project Completed with Dedication in Angoon

Announcement for Renewable Energy in Angoon

KPFST Announces October 2022 Distribution Amount

Canoe Project Update & Steaming in the Juneau Empire

Recruitment Notice – Office Manager at Corporate

2022 Election Results & New Board Officers Announced

49th Annual Meeting of Shareholders Election Results

KPFST Announces June 1, 2022 Distribution

Kootznoowoo Receives USFS Grant Through SASS

49th Annual Meeting of Shareholders Election Schedule

KPFST Announces February 2022 Distribution Amount

Record Date Set for KPFST’s February Distribution

Board Approves Date of 49th Annual Meeting

Board Approves Adding Funds to Elder Trust

CARES Act Funding Deadline Extended – Dec. 31st

Carver Apprenticeship Opportunity Now Available

139 Years Since Bombardment Commemorated

Community Canoe Project Moves Forward in Angoon

Kootznoowoo CARES Applications to Open on October 1st

KPFST Announces October 2021 Distribution

Albert Howard Appointed to the Board of Directors

KCEF Now Accepting 2021-22 Scholarship Applications

48th Annual Meeting of Shareholders Election Results

Ecotourism & Cultural Tourism Update Zoom Meeting

48th Annual Meeting of Shareholders Schedule

Deborah J. Atuk Hired as President & CEO of Kootznoowoo, Inc

Distribution Announcement – October 1, 2020

47th Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Angoon Airport UPDATE

KOOTZNOOWOO, INC. ANNOUNCES SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION & DONATION OF FUNDS

Reschedule Notice of Annual Meeting

Distribution Announcement – February 1, 2020

Angoon Airport Information Session – December 12, 2019

Kootznoowoo Board Chair Appointed to ANVCA Board

Kootznoowoo, Inc Announces 2019 Election Results

The Kootznoowoo Board or Directors Announce the Advancement of the Angoon Hydroelectric Project

2019 Community Meeting

KOOTZNOOWOO, INC. IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TRIBAL MEMBER SHAREHOLDERS AND DESCENDANTS.

KOOTZNOOWOO, INC. IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TRIBAL MEMBER SHAREHOLDERS AND DESCENDANTS.

Kootznoowoo was born as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. We are the corporation for the village of Angoon in Southeast Alaska which has a population of about 450 people. The majority of our shareholders are Tlingit Indian and have…

Initially, Kootznoowoo, like every other village corporations in Southeast Alaska, had the right to select a total of 23,040 acres in the immediate vicinity of its own home village. Through a series of negotiations, Kootznoowoo agreed to take entitlement to…

Though Kootznoowoo, Inc. is a for-profit business, as an Alaska Native Village Corporation, we embrace our duty of upholding the traditional values of our Tlingit ancestors while remaining watchful stewards over the land that we are entrusted. 

Kootznoowoo understands its responsibility in making sound investments and implementing responsible business practices that support financial stability to provide meaningful distributions to shareholders.

Kootznoowoo understands its responsibility in making sound investments and implementing responsible business practices that support financial stability to provide meaningful distributions to shareholders.

WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR LAND

Initially, Kootznoowoo, like every other village corporations in Southeast Alaska, had the right to select a total of 23,040 acres in the immediate vicinity of its own home village. Through a series of negotiations, Kootznoowoo agreed to take entitlement to most of its lands on Prince of Wales- the third largest island in the United States (after the islands of Hawaii and Kodiak).

 

ANCSA provided Kootznoowoo with the right to select 21,400 acres of timberland off Admiralty Island. In the early 1980’s, Kootznoowoo made selections in the vicinity of Chomondeley Sound on the cast side of Prince of Wales Island. In addition, Kootznoowoo received the surface and subsurface estate to certain lands and around Angoon including a strip of shore land along Kootznoowoo Inlet, Mitchell Bay and Kanalku. 

Kootznoowoo’s management and board share a collective vision that through strong leadership, creative innovation, and steady growth, the corporation will be an example of economic success throughout the region.

Kootznoowoo understands its responsibility in making sound investments and implementing responsible business practices that support financial stability to provide meaningful distributions to shareholders.

MEET OUR BOARD

Kootznoowoo’s leadership team is focused on building businesses that are mindful of operating costs, employee productivity, and outstanding service. 

EUNICE E. JAMES

EUNICE E. JAMES

BOARD CHAIR

MELISSA M. KOOKESH

MELISSA M. KOOKESH

VICE CHAIR

TIA PAYTON

TIA PAYTON

TREASURER

SHARON LOVE

SHARON LOVE

SECRETARY

Ralph “Chico” Bierely

Kootz Commercial Center Maintenance Manager

Chico serves as a jack-of-all-trades for the corporation. His main responsibility is overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of the K-Plaza building. However, he provides additional support when needed on a variety of projects. He is based in Juneau.