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Wrangell is one of the oldest non-Native settlements in Alaska, and has become the primary settlement of the Stikine Tlingit. According to Naanyaa.aayí clan traditions, Tlingit people migrated down the Stikine River during a time when the river still flowed underneath glaciers. The population slowly moved down the river, settling in different locations such as Tlákw.aan "Ancient Village", Siknáx "Across from the Grass", Shaal.aan "Fish Trap Town", Xakw.aan "Sandbar Village", and Kayáash "Platform", Hehl (Xel/Xehl) "Foam People", Hehl being the senior of house of the village. Later settlements on the coast included Chux'áas'aan "Waterfall Town" (now Mill Creek), eishangita.aan "Red Alder Head Village" (site of the Wrangell Institute at Shoemaker Bay), Kaatsu Noow "Among the Sharps Fort" (now Anita Bay), An.áan "Village that Rests" (now Anan Bear Viewing Area), and many others. The numerous petroglyphs found at Petroglyph Beach just north of Wrangell, as well as those scattered on the beaches of the many islands in the vicinity, attest to the long Tlingit inhabitation of the area.

The salt water inlet that is now Wrangell Harbor was traditionally called aachxana.áak'w, literally "aachxán’s little lake". Before the harbor mouth was dredged and cleared in the late 19th century, the mouth of this inlet would often go dry at low tide, leading towards its appellation as a "lake". The man aachxán was from the village variously known as aalchalaan (Kotzlitzan) or Chaalít.aan meaning "Willow House Village", or sometimes Shaaxít.aan meaning "Driftwood House Village"; this village site today is known as "Old Town" or "Old Wrangell" (located at 56°12'28″N 132°16'22″W / 56.20778°N 132.27278°W / 56.20778; -132.27278). aachx_án was supposedly something of a hermit who preferred living away from his relatives, and dwelled in a smokehouse located on the rear shore of the lake which was named after him.

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