Klukwan elder Joe Hotch has a new jacket. It’s black, with yellow embroidery that reads “Chilkat Indian Village – President Emeritus.”
Kimberley Strong, vice-president of the Chilkat Indian Village tribal council, placed the jacket on Hotch at a Nov. 24 ceremony in Klukwan, following passage of a tribal resolution bestowing the title.
Hotch, 84, served as tribal president for about three decades.
Tribal president Jones Hotch Jr. said the tribe wanted to honor Hotch…