Sitka, Alaska is a small tourist town on Baranof Island and neighboring Chichagof Island.  The only access is by boat or plane.  About nine thousand Alaskans call it home. Under Czarist Russian rule the island was known as New Archangel Island. The big Orthodox church in the middle of town stands out as both unusual and indigenous.  These people were Russians for over sixty years, after they were Tlingit Indian for many… Read More