The Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center annual benefit dinner and auction will begin 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the ANS Hall in Klukwan. Organizer Lani Hotch said proceeds from this year’s gourmet dinner and handicrafts auction will go toward the planned heritage center and also to village cultural activities. Activities include the recent canoe project, […]
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Urban exchange gives Klukwan student view of city life
Haines High School sophomore Karlie Spud of Klukwan made a second honorary trip to Washington, D.C., this time as a cultural ambassador for the Rose Urban Rural Exchange. “There were about 150 students participating in the whole program last school year, and there were six selected to go to Washington, D.C.,” Spud said. “There was a website […]
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Klukwan School enrolls 14
Classes at Klukwan School resumed Aug. 25, with 14 students enrolled, including three high school students. Cynthia McFeeters is head teacher. Carson Buck, a part-time teacher last year, is now a full-time teacher. Staff members include aides Katherine Hotch, Jolene Hotch, and Bonnie Sears. Joanne Spud will lead a cultural health class, including Tlingit language and cultural […]
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Klukwan tour a special experience
I was on a recent bus tour to Klukwan to see the extraordinary developments at their hospitality center. Our guide, David Strong, Jr., took us along the highway with colorful accounts of his language and background. In the long house the young dancers told their stories; we watched each thoughtful stroke of the carvers; we saw the […]
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Four elected to board of Klukwan, Inc.
Shareholders elected Rosemary Hotch, Vincent Rinehart, John Katzeek and David Strong to the Klukwan, Inc. board of directors at a July 31 annual corporation meeting. Incumbent Chad Strong did not seek re-election. About 15,000 of 25,300 shares were represented in the election. Strong will serve a one-year term. Each of the other three elected will serve […]
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Klukwan, Inc. loans village $2 million Money keeps Portage Cove dock, boat in Native hands
Klukwan, Inc. has approved lending $2 million to Chilkat Indian Village for the purchase of a dock and ferry boat, as well as to cover start-up expenses. Klukwan, Inc. notified shareholders in a letter dated June 17 that the board of trustees of the general income trust had voted to lend the tribal village government […]
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Hittin’ the highway for a cause; About 50 turn out for trek from Klukwan to Haines
When her hips started hurting about 14 miles into Saturday’s Chilkat River Walk, Phyllis Viche said she thought about the pain suffered by those she knew who suffered from cancer. “People go through a lot and all we’re doing is walking. It made me think,” said Viche, the last walker to finish the 22-mile trek and fund-raiser. […]
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Klukwan celebrates ties with former trading partners
Klukwan will host a commemorative celebration next weekend, part of ongoing efforts to rebuild bonds with its neighbors to the North. For centuries, Chilkat Tlingits were trade partners with Yukon Tlingits and the Tutchone people. The first documentation of that relationship came 125 years ago, when the great Tlingit leader Koh-Klux sat down with a […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday June 19
The Haines borough is headed to Superior Court over a decision to exempt a local Episcopal church property from borough tax. The dispute surrounds a parcel at 1 Mile Haines Highway purchased in 2000 by St. Michael & All Angels’ Episcopal Church. After the purchase, the church converted a small structure on the property into […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday June 12
When international cruise ship terminal management company Global Ports Holding approached the Haines Borough about leasing its cruise ship dock, it touched off a local debate about cruise traffic that has yet to cool. Now another company, Huna Totem Corporation, has approached borough leaders expressing competing interest. Will Steinfeld reports this week on the outcome […]