sheetkah

Updated: January 5, 2026

Petersburg, April 9, 1820, Sitka is used in several places. The name Sitka, or Sheetkah, in the Thlingit language, means, in this place, that this is the place, or the best place, implying superiority over all other places.

Clarence Leroy Andrews - The Story of Sitka: The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast