Galyáx Kwáan

Galyáx Kwáan takes its name from the Kaliakh River, along the Gulf of Alaska between Icy Bay and the country of Controller Bay. Eyak-speaking people lived at places including the Kaliakh River and Cape Yakataga, where rivers meet a coast backed by high mountains. Through intermarriage and the expansion of Tlingit culture, the people of this coast came to share both Eyak and Tlingit languages. Their ties to the land endure in the name of the Galyáx Kaagwaantaan clan.