Mission to Metlakatla

<p>In 1857 British William Duncan age 25 became a British Lay-Missionary to civilize the savage Tsimshian Indian tribe near Fort Simpson northernmost trading post in coastal British Columbia. Learning their complex language from a young Indian; becoming friends he met Chief Legaic who supported Duncan starting a school. Gaining a following he developed the Christian mission called Metlakatla. Later the British forced claim to their ancestral lands. Duncan appealed to U.S. Congress who voted them free land on Annette Island in American Alaska Territory. Migrating by huge canoes they began again building a modern community and church of no denomination.</p>