The Taku are an American Native people, now generally included with or known as the Tlingit. The Taku lived along the northwestern coast of North America, in the area that is now the Alexander Archipelago of Alaska. A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A MODIS photograph of the Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, off the southeast coast of Alaska. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ...

The main village of the Taku people was located up the Taku River in what is now Canada. From this main winter village they dispersed to their clan subsistence areas during the spring, summer, and fall.^[1] Having a keen appreciation of the advantages of their position for trade, the Taku held possession of the main river in the area that is now Juneau and compelled the natives of the interior territories to use them as middle-men, instead of allowing trade directly with the white settlers.^[2] The Taku River is a river in British Columbia and Alaska. ... Juneau redirects here. ...

In the early 1840s, the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post called Fort Durham in Taku Harbor. This fort was built to take advantage of the trade route up and down the Taku River. With the establishment of the fort, the Taku people abandoned their traditional winter village and moved to the area around the fort. Although Fort Durham was abandoned by 1843 as unprofitable, the Taku stayed in the area of the fort until 1880 when gold was discovered in Juneau. The Taku people then moved to the area around Sheep Creek to work with the miners for wages.^[3] The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...

References

1. ^ "Background - Native Culture," Historic Preservation Program, Juneau History, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska (Juneau Public Libraries, 2003).[1]
2. ^ Muir, J., Travels in Alaska (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915).[2]
3. ^ "Background - Native Culture," supra.