About 100 residents and visitors turned out for the dedication of two 10-foot totems Saturday at Klukwan’s ANS Hall.
Lani Hotch, executive director of the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center, told the crowd that the totems, which depict women figures, balance warrior totems located across the street at a veterans’ memorial. “For the Tlingit, everything needs to be in balance.”
One of the new totems shows a woman holding a basketful of berries, wearing a Chilkat…
