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Klukwan will host blueberry festival
Head to Klukwan this weekend for everything blueberry: blueberry-themed games, desserts, prizes, photos and even a burger feed. The first Blueberry Festival kicks off 8 a.m. Friday and continues into Saturday afternoon. Organizer Joanne Elsie Spud said she and Don Hotch Jr. were brainstorming last fall when the idea for a blueberry festival arose. Spud emailed people […]
Klukwan School opens; 14 students enrolled
Classes started Monday at Klukwan School with 14 students enrolled, including five in the high school. Enrollment is down two students, due to the departure of one family, said head teacher Cynthia McFeeters. “The first day of school was great.” For the first day the whole school gathered together to get to know one another, participate in […]
Klukwan culture center going up
Crews erected walls this week at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center site in Klukwan, a major step in a project that was first talked about more than 70 years ago. Work started May 13. Daniel Klanott, a 33-year-old performer with the village dance troupe, said he was surprised by the speed of progress on the building […]
Klukwan to display Whale House art
The Whale House artifacts, rarely seen masterworks of Northwest Coast Indian Art, will be displayed at Klukwan’s Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center, village officials said this week. Agreement to display the totemic carvings – secured from the Gaanaxteidi clan during recent meetings in Haines – represents a commitment of major art pieces to the center […]
Klukwan workshop set
Building and understanding relationships between Native and non-Natives will be the focus of a workshop in Klukwan on Friday, Aug. 2. Dan Henry will lead the morning session, providing a historical perspective on relations. Behavioral health specialist Elsie Spud will contribute her view as a lifelong Klukwan resident. The morning session is open to the public and will be […]
Klukwan breaks ground at long-awaited culture center
Klukwan youths held cards naming deceased villagers who supported the dream of a culture center but didn’t live to see it realized, then helped turn shovels of dirt at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Center and Bald Eagle Observatory May 8. “These people (on the name cards) took a stand for the […]