Editing Chenega, Alaska (section)

==History==

=== Original Chenega ===
The original village of Chenega, located on [[Chenega Island]], was inhabited by the Chenega tribe, a subgroup of the [[Chugach]] [[Alutiiq]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our Tribes |url=https://www.crrcalaska.org/website/index.php/our-tribes |access-date=May 9, 2023 |website=www.crrcalaska.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Region |url=https://www.chugach.com/about-us/our-region/ |access-date=May 9, 2023 |website=Chugach Corp |language=en-US}}</ref> The name Chenega derives from "Beneath the Mountain".<ref name=":0" /> The village was a fishing village that was settled before Russian arrival in the area.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Chenega {{!}} Chugachmiut |url=https://www.chugachmiut.org/about-us/about-chugachmiut/service-area/chenega/ |access-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref> A post office operated there from 1946 until the destruction of the town in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 1949 |title=Geological Survey Professional Paper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=chenega&pg=PA49 |accessdate=August 27, 2020 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |via=Google Books}}</ref>

=== Destruction of Chenega ===
The original village of Chenega was destroyed in 1964 by a [[tsunami]] from the [[1964 Alaska earthquake|Good Friday earthquake]], which killed 26 residents,<ref name=":0" /> a third of the 68 people who lived there at the time, and leveled all the buildings in the town except for the school and a singular house.<ref name=":1" /> Immediately following the tsunami, survivors were taken to [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]], and the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] later permanently resettled them at [[Tatitlek, Alaska|Tatitlek]].<ref name=":1" />

=== Construction of Chenega Bay ===
After the [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]] was passed, former residents of Chenega formed the Chenega [[Alaska Native corporation|Corporation]], which acquired the right to select 76,093 acres of land near the site of the old Chenega Village Township.<ref name=":1" /> In 1977, following research into the landscape and the needs of villagers, a new town location was chosen at Crab Bay on [[Evans Island]].<ref name=":1" /> Following the acquisition of funding for infrastructure, the new village, named Chenega Bay, was first occupied in 1984.<ref name=":1" />

Former and current Chenega residents gathered each Good Friday to remember the dead of Chenega. On the 25th Good Friday after the earthquake, in 1989, the [[oil tanker]] ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' ran aground in Prince William Sound, causing an [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|oil spill]] that again devastated Chenega and other places around the area economically.