About 35 students from Haines, Klukwan and Juneau spent the end of July on the banks of the Chilkoot River, learning traditional Tlingit skills, crafts, language and values at the Chilkoot Culture Camp, a summer tradition since 1981.
On Friday, 11-year-old Edgar Nash of Klukwan and about eight fellow campers were painting finishing touches on ceremonial dance paddles while about twice as many students sprawled out on the floor of a new…