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KPFST Trustees Announce June 2023 Distribution Amount
The Trustees of the Kootznoowoo Permanent Fund Settlement Trust are pleased to announce that the June 1, 2023, Kootznoowoo Permanent Settlement Trust (KPFST) distribution will be paid out in the amount of $3.36 per trust unit. For the purpose of calculating the...
KPFST June 1st Record Date Set for May 26th
Trustees for the Kootznoowoo Permanent Fund Settlement Trust Fund (KPFST) has set the record date for the June 1st KPFST distribution as May 26, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. (Alaska Time). Shareholders who need to update their contact or banking information must have all...
Two Board Seats up for Election at 2023 Annual Meeting
Proxy materials for the 2023 Annual Meeting were mailed on April 28th. The board terms of Albert Howard and Frank Jack III will expire on June 17, 2023, at the 50th Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Shareholders can vote via either a paper Proxy Ballot or online at...
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
BOARD CHAIR

MARY JEAN JACKSON
VICE CHAIR

ELLA BENNETT
SECRETARY