Laaxaayík Kwáan

Laaxaayík is a name for the people of the Yakutat region, a coast of glaciers, mountains and deep bays on the Gulf of Alaska. Their ancestors included Eyak, Ahtna and Tlingit families who came to this country at different times. In spring, people travelled to camps near the head of Yakutat Bay to hunt seals among the floating ice. Clans and their houses held relationships to particular places, including the seal grounds of the fjord.