Rosita Worl

Rosita Kaahani Worl (Tlingit names Yeidiklasókw and Kaaháni; born 1938) is the president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute[1] of the Sealaska Corporation. She has taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage as an anthropologist [2], where she received an honorary degree. [3] She is chair of the NAGPRA review committee.

Rosita Kaahani Worl
Personal details
Born (1938-01-01) January 1, 1938
Petersburg, Alaska
Alma materAlaska Methodist University
Harvard University

She also served on the board of directors[4] of Sealaska, a Juneau-based regional Native corporation, for 30 years, beginning in 1987.

Worl has authored papers on subsistence ways of life, Native women’s issues, Indian law and policy and Southeast Alaska Native culture and history.[5]

Notes
  1. "ABOUT | Sealaska Heritage". www.sealaskaheritage.org. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. "Rosita Worl to step down from Sealaska board".
  3. "Alaskan Magazine Is a Cultural Bridge". 28 August 1985 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. Yumpu.com. "to download PDF - Sealaska". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  5. "Rosita Worl | Alaska Women's Hall Of Fame". archive.is. 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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