Douglas, Juneau City and Borough of Juneau’s population. Douglas gets its water and electricity from Juneau and has a mix of onsite and municipal (diverted to Juneau) wastewater treatment. The Alaska Department of Corrections has its headquarters in Douglas. Douglas Island was originally a border of the Auke people’s and Taku people’s territory. It was not usually used for year-round settlement, but rather as a place to spend the summer, or at times a place for battles. Some historical reports indicate an early settler to the area may be credited for the naming of Douglas Island. In 1880 gold was discovered in
Michael J. Juneau Michael J. Juneau Michael Joseph Juneau (born June 29, 1962) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Juneau was born on June 29, 1962, in Monroe, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Science, "magna cum laude", from Louisiana State University and his Juris Doctor, "cum laude", from Harvard Law School, where he was selected as the best oralist in the Ames Moot Court Competition. As a lawyer at his Lafayette-based litigation firm Juneau David, he handled a broad range of civil litigation in state and federal courts across Louisiana.