Community and Demographics
The largest settlement on the island is Metlakatla. Metlakatla is a native Community founded by the Anglican missionary William Duncan. The entire island is a Native reservation, the only one in Alaska. The island's population was 1,447 at the 2000 census. The island is composed mainly of Tsimshian natives and is a cultural crossroads for Tlingit and Haida Natives as well. There exists a network of unimproved roads and trails on the island as a result of logging in the past.
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