The Auke are an Alaskan Native people, a subgroup of the Tlingit whose name for thesmelves Aakʼw Ḵwáan means "Small Lake People". The Auke lived along the northwestern coast of North America

North America

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, in the area that is now the Alexander Archipelago

Alexander Archipelago

The Alexander Archipelago is a long archipelago, or group of islands, of North America off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, which are the tops of the submerged coastal mountains that rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean. Deep channels and fjords separate the...

 and adjoining mainlaind of the Alaska Panhandle

Alaska Panhandle

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 around Juneau

Juneau, Alaska

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The Auke had a village on the bay just east of Point Louisa, about 13 miles northwest of Juneau. The site, now adjacent to Glacier Highway, has been reserved by the U.S. Forest Service as a recreation area.

In 1880, after Joe Juneau

Joe Juneau (prospector)

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 and Richard Harris

Richard Harris (prospector)

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 were led to gold

Gold

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 in the Silver Bow Basin, U.S. naval officers encouraged the Auke to move from the area to avoid conflict with miners and prospectors. The census of Alaska at the time listed the Auke population as 640, of whom 300 were on Admiralty Island

Admiralty Island

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, 50 on Douglas Island

Douglas Island

Douglas Island is a tidal island in the U.S. state of Alaska, just west of downtown Juneau and east of Admiralty Island. It is separated from mainland Juneau by the Gastineau Channel. The Juneau-Douglas Bridge, connecting the island with Juneau, provides a two lane road to and from the island and...

, and 290 on Stephens Passage

Stephens Passage

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, the latter presumably including those at the Point Louisa village.

Divisions and houses of the Raven Moiety or Clan

• Lʼeeneidí (Gift Blanket People)
  • G̱aatáa Hít (Trap House)
  • Téelʼ Hít (Dog Salmon House)
  • Yax̱te Hít (Big Dipper House)
• Lʼuknax̱.ádi (Coho Salmon People)
  • Lʼook Hít (Coho Salmon House)
• G̱aanax̱.ádi (People of G̱aanax̱)
  • G̱aanax̱aa Hít (G̱aanax̱ Group House)
  • Yéil Hít (Raven House)

Divisions and houses of the Wolf/Eagle Clan

• Wooshkeetaan
  • G̱unakadeit Hít (Sea Monster House)
  • Hít Tlein (Big House)
  • Noow Hít (Fort House)
  • Tóosʼ Hít (Shark House)
  • Xeitl Hít (Thunder/Thunderbird House)
  • Xóots Hít (Brown Bear House)