Seward

- Seward is located on Resurrection Bay on the eastern Kenai Peninsula.

- An Alutiiq settlement known as Qutekcak ("big beach") was once the only community on the shores of Resurrection Bay.

- The Alaska Vocational Technical Education Center (AVTEC) now brings people from around the State to Seward, including Natives, some of whom have remained after they graduated.

- The Qutekcak Tribal Council consists of seven members and is seeking federal recognition.

- Seward is also the closest of the regional communities to Anchorage, being a 2-3 hour drive south.

- Seward is the largest Native community in the Chugach Region.

- Many of the longer term Native families came to Seward in conjunction with two institutions which provided care associated with tuberculosis.

- The Methodist Church moved the Jesse Lee Home to Seward from Unalaska in 1925. In 1936, the Home was caring for 116 children, 90% of whom had been orphaned by tuberculosis.

- The Seward Sanitarium was established after World War II to treat Native people with tuberculosis from throughout the State. Consequently, the community has a truly pan-Alaskan cultural heritage.