Rosita Worl
American anthropologist (born 1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosita Kaaháni Worl is an American anthropologist and Alaska Native cultural, business and political leader. She is president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a Juneau-based nonprofit organization that preserves and advances the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Native cultures of Southeast Alaska, and has held that position since 1997.[1] She also served on the board of directors of the Sealaska regional Native corporation for 30 years, beginning in 1987, including as board vice president.[2] The corporation, with more than 22,000 shareholders, founded the heritage institute and provides substantial funding.[3]
Rosita Kaaháni Worl | |
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Born | (1937-04-29) April 29, 1937 (age 87) |
Alma mater | Alaska Methodist University Harvard University |
Worl's Tlingit names are Yeidiklasókw and Kaaháni. She is of the Ch’áak’ (Eagle) moiety of the Shangukeidí (Thunderbird) Clan from the Kawdliyaayi Hít (House Lowered from the Sun) in Klukwan.[4] She is a citizen of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.[5]