Rosita Worl

Rosita Kaaháni Worl
Sealaska Heritage Institute President and anthropologist Rosita Worl speaks at a Native Issues Forum in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2012.
Born (1937-04-29) April 29, 1937 (age 87)
Petersburg, Alaska
Alma materAlaska Methodist University Harvard University

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]

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]

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  2. ^ Yumpu.com. "to download PDF - Sealaska". yumpu.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Community". Sealaska. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "STAFF | Sealaska Heritage". www.sealaskaheritage.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Rosita Kaa háni Worl". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 8 January 2024.