{"id":63,"slug":"shisgi-noow-sitka-alaska","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Shís'gi Noow is the sapling — the 'built for battle' that's the fort's purpose, the 'tidelands shield' that's the guns kept far. The 'dark force' is the seen — the 'shamans warned' that's the no-reinforcements, the 'Kiks.ádi held' that's the clan's stand. The 'night walked' is the left — the 'gunpowder low' that's the elders' choice, the 'Survival March' that's the withdrawal's name.","The 'razed empty' is the took — the 'Russians found' that's the vacant won, the 'map drawn' that's the proof left. The 'century searched' is the lost — the 'location guessed' that's the wrong spot kept, the 'geophysics found' that's the '21 confirmed. Shís'gi Noow is the returned — the 'shape unusual' that's the survey's key, the 'oral matched' that's the memory's right.","The file keeps Shís'gi Noow: the sapling fort, the shamans' warning, the night march, and the found site.","Shís'gi Noow is the archive's Alaska file — the fort the Tlingit won then left."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Shís'gi Noow is the archive's Alaska file — the fort that beat Russia and walked away in the night.","A fort keeps its absence — the file's suggestion being that Shís'gi Noow's hold is the emptied: the 'won then left' that's the tactics' truth, the 'dark force seen' that's the shamans' word, and the 'found late' that's the memory's map."]}],"name":"Shis’g’i Noow","aliases":["Shisgi Noow"],"type":"FORTIFIED_VILLAGE","type_label":"Fortified Village","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","BATTLEFIELD","HISTORIC_SITE","INDIGENOUS"],"groups":["dark-history","ghost-towns"],"desc":"Kiks.ádi defensive village associated with the 1804 Battle of Sitka.","full_desc":"A fortified village in Sitka, Alaska, Shis’g’i Noow is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Kiks.ádi defensive village associated with the 1804 Battle of Sitka. The archive files it under dark history, battlefields and Indigenous heritage. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Sitka","county":null,"state":"Alaska","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":57.193204,"lon":-135.367396,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass; historical, geographic, and access enrichment remain queued. Confidence describes source provenance, not supernatural reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"Kiks.ádi defenders resisted Russian attacks from this fort in 1804. Russian forces destroyed it after the defenders’ withdrawal. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Shis’g’i Noow: The Tlingit Fortified Village'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Shis’g’i Noow: The Tlingit Fortified Village","url":"https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/shis-g-i-noow-the-tlingit-fortified-village.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"In October 1804, Tlingit defenders held the sapling fort against Russian assault before conducting a survival march to Chichagof Island. The documented date is 1804-10-01–1804-10-04. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Sitka National Historical Park'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1804-10-01","date_end":"1804-10-04","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Sitka National Historical Park","url":"https://www.nps.gov/sitk","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[{"name":"Battle of Sitka","type":"BATTLE","date_start":"1804-10-01","date_end":"1804-10-04","description":"In October 1804, the Kiks.adi Tlingit defended their fort Shis'gi Noow against Russian ships and Aleut allies for six days — then conducted a legendary survival march over the mountains to Chatham Strait rather than surrender. The battle ended armed Tlingit resistance in the area; the fort site is now sacred ground within Sitka National Historical Park.","evidence":"BATTLE","source":{"name":"Sitka National Historical Park","url":"https://www.nps.gov/sitk","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Shis’g’i Noow: The Tlingit Fortified Village","url":"https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/shis-g-i-noow-the-tlingit-fortified-village.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Sitka National Historical Park","url":"https://www.nps.gov/sitk","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}],"conflicts":[{"field_name":"place_type","existing_value":"FORTIFIED_VILLAGE","incoming_value":"HISTORIC_SITE","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"short_description","existing_value":"Kiks.ádi defensive village associated with the 1804 Battle of Sitka.","incoming_value":"The Tlingit fort where the 1804 battle decided Russian Alaska.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"full_description","existing_value":"Shis’g’i Noow is a fortified village in Sitka, Alaska. 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Confidence describes source provenance, not supernatural reality.","incoming_value":"Lore enrichment; VERIFY task auto-queued.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."}],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}