Editing Chenega, Alaska (section)

=== 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.