Wayne Price’s 28-foot dugout, named Jibba, sits in his front yard – surrounded by the tents of people who will be accompanying him on his journey to Celebration in Juneau this year on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

The front yard of Wayne Price Ká jeis yutsi.aak’s home is covered in tents and massive canoes. And, it’s humming with activity as people load water and supplies and work out…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...