Metlakatla, Alaska

About Metlakatla

Metlakatla, AK is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Alaska.

Officially, Metlakatla is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.31 square miles.

📰 Metlakatla News Today

• Amhalaayt is back in Metlakatla Ketchikan Daily News · Oct 10
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Metlakatla, Alaska - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Oct 1
• Basketball On Demand Games - Metlakatla High School - Metlakatla, AK NFHS Network · Oct 6
• ‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture APM Reports · Apr 8
• Metlakatla educator named Alaska’s superintendent of the year KTOO · Sep 23

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Metlakatla Unique

• The only place in America named Metlakatla — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in southeastern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 18 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Metlakatla

• Tuckem Inn & Restauart

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Duncan Cottage Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Metlakatla

• Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School
• Metlakatla High School
• Richard Johnson Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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