Gwen Sauser and Lani Hotch work in Hotch’s home. (Photo courtesy of Colin Arisman)

Dozens of people turned out Thursday at the Haines ANB/ANS Hall for a community potluck and ceremony introducing the Salmon Protectors Robe project. 

The project aims to raise awareness about the need to protect salmon and the Chilkat River. Over the next two years, Lani Hotch Saantaas’ and four apprentices will design and weave five Chilkat robes honoring the five species…

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...