Primary Name: Fox, Jimmie

Filed as: Fox, Jimmie

Also known as: Chief Aanalahaash II

Occupation / Association: Taku Tlingit leader; community member of Douglas Island

Associated places: Douglas Island, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Jimmie Fox, Chief Aanalahaash II, Taku Tlingit leadership, Douglas Island, Alaska, Tlingit leaders Southeast Alaska, Aanalahaash, Douglas Alaska Native history, Tlingit chiefs Alaska

Biography

Jimmie Fox was a resident of Douglas Island and a respected member of the Taku Tlingit community. He was married to Jennie Fox, and the couple had one daughter, Helen Fox.

Fox was reportedly known as one of the best-known and most respected Native leaders on Douglas Island during his lifetime.

Following the death of his uncle, Chief Aanalahaash, Fox succeeded him as Chief and became known as Chief Aanalahaash II of the Taku Tlingit.

His leadership reflected the continuation of traditional clan authority and the presence of Tlingit leadership within the growing mining community on Douglas Island during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Sources

Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska.

Primary Name: Aanalahaash

Filed as: aanalahaash

Also known as: Anna-Cla-Ash

Occupation / Association: Tlingit Chief

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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Chief Aanalahaash, Anna-Cla-Ash, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska Tlingit leaders

Biography

Chief Aanalahaash, whose name has been misspelled in historical records as Anna-Cla-Ash, is one of the prominent individuals buried in the Douglas Indian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

The cemetery contains the graves of many early Tlingit residents of the Douglas and Juneau area and represents an important cultural and historical site documenting the Native community associated with the early mining settlements in the region.

Sources

Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries (1995); Find-A-Grave

Aanalahaash Anna Cla Ash Anna-Cla-Ash Chief Aanalahaash Chief Anna Cla Ash

Tags: Aanalahaash, Anna-Cla-Ash, Douglas Indian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska, Tlingit leaders

Records were not available to confirm the establishment of the Douglas Indian Cemetery, the earliest burial date noted was June 9, 1901.

The earliest identifiable grave marker was in 1909 of Mrs. Gilbert Jackson. Her burial marker lies within one of the two grave houses that exist on the site. These hexagonal buildings were constructed of wood, with wood shingles, and one features wooden columns.

The cemetery site is located within the boundaries of the City of Douglas across from the Gastineau Elementary School. It is surrounded on three sides by residential development and on the fourth side by Third Street.

The site includes a wooden sign which refers to the cemetery as the burial site for the Taku Tribe, Crow Clan. A representative of the Douglas Indian Association indicated that persons other than Taku Tribe members were buried there and that the local Natives refer to it as the Douglas Indian Cemetery.

Identifiable markers indicate a Tlingit chief, wife of a chief, and a member of the Kaagwaantaan-wolf clan buried in the cemetery. Several of the markers are rather elaborate with relief carvings of the individual's clan crest.

There are numerous family plots surrounded by low concrete walls. One grave marker has rounded low pillars at the comers of the concrete walls. Several of the graves have solid concrete covers with no identification. Some of the concrete tops have an open section in the center in the shape of a cross. Others have small smooth stones embedded in the concrete.

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Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries