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Hoonah (''Xunaa'' in Tlingit) is a largely Tlingit community on Chichagof Island, located in Alaska's panhandle in the southeast region of the state. It is 30 miles west of Juneau, across the Alaskan Inside Passage. Hoonah is the only first-class city on Chichagof Island, the 109th largest island in the world and the 5th largest island in the United States. At the 2000 census the population was 860, though summer population can swell to over 1,300 depending on fishing, boating, hiking and hunting conditions. Hoonah became the official spelling in 1901, with establishment of the Hoonah branch of the United States Post Office.〔Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Gov't. Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1967〕 Xunaa means "protected from the North Wind" in the Tlingit language. ==History== The clans comprising the Huna Tlingit originally settled what is now Glacier Bay National Park as well as Icy Strait, Cross Sound, and the outer coast north to Sea Otter Creek. Two catastrophic events forced the Tlingit from their homeland; rapid glacial advance in Glacier Bay and a landslide-induced tsunami in Lituya Bay along the outer coast. Tlingit oral tradition recounts these events as well as the clans' ultimate resettlement in Xunaa. A partial timeline of modern Hoonah history is below: *1750's - Xunaa was settled by clans fleeing glacial advance in Glacier Bay *1880 - The North West Trading Company built the first store in Hoonah. *1881 - The Presbyterian Home Mission and school was built. *1887 - 450 to 500 people were wintering in the village. *1901 - Hoonah post office was opened. *1912 - The Hoonah Packing Co. built a large cannery north of town. The cannery was shut down and is now a tourist attraction at Icy Strait Point. *1934, 1936 Hoonah Indian Association constituted as a federally recognized tribe, authorized to act on behalf of the Huna Tlingit *1944 - A fire destroyed much of Hoonah, including many priceless Tlingit cultural objects. The United States federal government assisted in rebuilding Hoonah. *1953 - Last year that Icy Strait Salmon Company operated as a full-fledged canning operation. From this point until 1999 the property functioned as a maintenance and support facility for the seine boat fishing fleet.〔http://www.icystraitpoint.com/AboutUs/History〕 *1964 - First High School graduating class from Hoonah High School graduated in May *2001 - Groundbreaking ceremony for Icy Strait Point, at abandon Hoonah Packing Company site.〔 *2004 - Celebrity MV Mercury makes inaugural call at Icy Strait Point.〔 *2007 - ZipRider! The world's largest zipline opens at Icy Strait Point. *2010 - Alaska State Troopers assisted Hoonah police in a 2-day manhunt for a man who was reported to be armed in a wooded area in the city. He was later apprehended without incident. *2010 - A fire and subsequent series of explosions destroyed the Icy Strait Lumber Mill. No criminal activity was suspected in the fire.〔(Explosion and fire destroys Hoonah saw mill ), Juneau Empire, July 23, 2010〕 *2010 - Two police officers from the city were shot and killed in an ambush on Front Street. The suspect subsequently barricaded himself inside of his own home on August 29, 2010. State, local and federal law enforcement officers and SWAT personnel from agencies throughout Alaska responded in the wake of the shooting. The suspect, John Marvin, was taken into custody the next day. The officers killed in the incident were: Officer Matthew D. Tokuoka, 39 and Sgt. Anthony M. Wallace, 32. Tokuoka was a former Marine who served in special operations; Wallace was a former All-American collegiate wrestler and one of only a handful of legally deaf police officers in the United States. Police identified the alleged lone gunman as John Marvin Jr., 45, a local resident with a lengthy criminal record. Marvin was arrested after a 2-day standoff and charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder and other charges arising from the incident. The murders of the two officers in the 4-officer agency was the highest per capita loss of lives for police in modern Alaska history. Over 1100 citizens and peace officers from all over Alaska, the U.S. mainland and Canada attended the slain officer's funeral, along with Governor Sean Parnell and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. The service was the largest officer funeral in Alaska police history and the largest gathering in the history of Hoonah. The State of Alaska provided an extra ferry and charged no fee for those attending the funeral. *The town of Hoonah appears in episodes of the Discovery Channel show "Alaskan Bush People". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hoonah, Alaska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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