Cape Fox Corporation (CFC) was established in 1973 representing the village of Saxman.
Cape Fox Corporation (CFC) was founded 50 years ago as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). CFC is the Alaska Native Corporation for the Village of Saxman, Alaska. For nearly three decades, we generated revenue primarily by harvesting timber. However, as the timber industry declined, we learned to adapt in order to continue to thrive. We changed our business focus to hospitality and tourism, real estate, and federal contracting. CFC now has several successful, thriving commercial businesses, and a growing federal contracting group. We have almost 400 Shareholders and over 700 employees worldwide and, in an effort to maintain what our heritage means to us, we make sure we are giving back within those communities.
News
Cape Fox Tours Honored with a 2025 Travelers’ Choice Award
Cape Fox Tours (CFC) welcomes guests and new friends to our shores yearly. The past tourism season was a tremendous success. One of the highlights that many tourists found was when they visited and took one of our Cape Fox Tour (CFT) packages. CFT invests considerable effort and pride in our tourism and adventure offerings, and this hard work has been recognized. CFT has won a 2025 Travelers’ Choice Award from TripAdvisor. This is an exceptional honor, and CFT is proud of our staff, patrons, and shareholders, who contribute to our success daily.
Cape Fox Cultural Foundation Awarded Grant to Restore Saxman Totem Park
Cape Fox Cultural Foundation (CFCF) strives to deliver educational and cultural services to the public to preserve and support the heritage, culture, and future of the Cape Fox community and Southeast Alaska region. CFCF is devoted to our community and is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service. CFCF is one of six organizations that will receive NATIVE Act funding support to aid our efforts to enhance cultural tourism and recreation to advance Native American communities.
Shareholder Spotlight – Lisa Milne-DeWitt
Language serves not only as a medium of communication but also as a fundamental component of culture, reflecting and shaping the societal values and beliefs of a community. In many cases, such as with the Alaska Natives of Saxman, their cultural language is endangered. A language is considered endangered when there are only a limited number of native speakers. The preservation of a language relies on its transmission from parents to children. A language faces endangerment when it is no longer passed down through generations, often due to a shift towards a more dominant language driven by social and economic factors. For many Alaska Natives, there was a generation that was compelled to abandon their native language, accelerating the endangerment of Tlingit beyond what would have occurred naturally.
23,040 Acres in the Tongass Rainforest
It is our Tlingit Natives who define us as people and it is the unique beauty of our ancestral lands that hold much of our history.
The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) is the largest land settlement made by the US Government in US history. In accordance with ANSCA, the US Government declared approximately 44 million acres (and $962.5 million) of traditional homelands be returned to Alaska Natives. When CFC was created, we received 23,040 acres of land. Our maintained lands offer unique beauty, wildlife, and resources along Southeast Alaska you cannot find elsewhere. Our lands sit along the coast within the Tongass National Forest which provides trails for hiking, a network of roads to view the coastal line deeper, and excellent sources for subsistence lifestyles.
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Cape Fox Corporation provides more than just employment, we provide skills, added talent, and adventure all while contributing to the mission of advancing and advocating for our Shareholders.
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Ketchikan, AK
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Ketchikan, AK
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