Luke Marquardt examines dungeness crabs next to the Chilkoot Indian Association’s dock. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

On the heels of the Haines Borough’s negotiations with American Cruise Lines falling through, the Chilkoot Indian Association is finalizing a similar deal with the company at the tribe’s Portage Cove dock. 

The company, in an effort to expand its small cruise-ship operations in Southeast Alaska, has been pursuing docking deals with nearby governments, including one recently-finalized agreement in…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.