Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is remembered in Southeast Alaska as Nahóowoo, a name given to him by the Deisheetaan of Angoon. His efforts to connect with the community and acknowledge their history of mistreatment by the U.S. Navy are highlighted. The text also discusses Carter's role in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and its impact on Alaska Natives.
A series of remembrances for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter began in Georgia on Saturday, culminating on Thursday with a national day of mourning. Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, was known in Southeast Alaska as Nahóowoo — a name he was given when the Deisheetaan of Angoon adopted him sometime in the late 1970s. Matthew Fred of the Daisheetan gave Carter his Lingít name. It belonged to Billy Jones, who witnessed the bombardment of Angoon by the U.S. Navy in 1882.
Jones was only 13, but his account eventually became the basis for Rosita Worl, president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, says the Navy’s formal apology had its roots in President Carter’s efforts to bond with the people of Angoon. “Although he was not able to do anything about their apology,” Worl said, “he was the first president, actually, that listened to their story.” Angoon is on Admiralty Island, or Kootznoowoo. The island’s Lingít name means Fortress of the Bear, a sacred place with the highest concentration of brown bears in the world. Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act into law in 1980. ANILCA also doubled the size of Alaska’s national parks and refuges, classified more than 50 million acres as wilderness and created 25 wild and scenic rivers. Conservationists hailed the legislation as one of Carter’s greatest achievements, while proponents of resource development said it locked up too much land. Worl says Alaska Natives were caught in the middle. They wanted to develop their land but also protect it for subsistence. She says developers and conservationists both believed they had primacy over Alaska Natives, despite their long history of stewardship and ties to the land
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