Full details from the 1950 U.S. Census were released earlier this month, intriguing historians from around the country and providing a snapshot of the people who called the Chilkat Valley home more than seven decades ago. While the federal government makes public population statistics and demographic data upon completion of each decennial census, the specifics […]
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Need answers please
Local commissions and committees are stacked decks to promote foreign and mega-industrial extractive industry interests with little regard for thorough planning or vetting within the Haines/Deishu/Klukwan communities as a whole. Whether one is for or against turning our precious valley into a haul road for industrial logging and mining with Lutak as a foreign export dock, the […]
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Artists pass on traditional skills through new CIA apprenticeships
Chilkoot Indian Association’s first cohort of arts mentors and apprentices began working on long-term projects earlier this March as part of a program to revitalize Tlingit cultural traditions like weaving and metal-working. Three mentors are working one-on-one (or one-on-two) with apprentices through the rest of the year to develop skills that include preparing mountain goat […]
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Duly Noted
Klukwan School teacher Laura McIndoe reports that students learned about animal tracks, snow crystals, measuring snow, and types of snow in Tracy Wirak-Cassidy’s Snow School. The students also participate in a Winter Sports for Life class weekly that includes skiing and snowshoeing. With Justina Hotch, students monitor the weather and Chilkat River conditions through a citizen’s science program called Stream Team. Cory Grant teaches students […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Klukwan School teacher Laura McIndoe reports that students learned about animal tracks, snow crystals, measuring snow and types of snow in Tracy Wirak-Cassidy’s Snow School. The students also participate in a Winter Sports for Life class weekly that includes skiing and snowshoeing. With Justina Hotch, students monitor weather and Chilkat River conditions through a citizen’s […]
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No snakes in Alaska or on the Moon (yet)
Is Alaska familiar with St. Patrick’s Day? That one night of the year American-lrish people live for—yet can never remember? (The tragedy of my folk.) That’s right: I’m 50% Irish through my mother. (For those of you educated inside Anglo-Saxon economic systems—that means she’s 100% Irish.) See what I did there? I directly challenged CVN […]
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Duly Noted
Mary Price is home after six months spent in Anchorage recuperating from a broken hip and other complications. She’s “extremely happy to be home,” said daughter Cindy Clifton, home for a week with son Conner to visit Mary and help around the house. Mary’s daughter Nadine Price Schruefer is also in town, with Mary’s great-granddaughter Zhamirah. They attended the Memorial Day service […]
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Residents identify ways to improve food system
About 20 Haines and Skagway residents brainstormed a vision for the future of food production in the upper Lynn Canal last weekend on Zoom, as part of a statewide effort to strengthen Alaska’s food networks and security. Over the course of two hours, residents identified dozens of “food assets” in the Chilkat Valley, ranging from the names […]
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Duly Noted
Haines School superintendent Roy Getchell might add “light dentistry” to the list of “other duties, as assigned” in his contract. Getchell donned rubber gloves to remove a loose tooth that was bothering second-grader Parker Baumgartner Monday. Parker walked into the district office with a sore tooth and looked for some support from Grandmom Judy Erekson, the district’s bookkeeper. Roy offered to […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Haines School superintendent Roy Getchell might add “light dentistry” to the list of “other duties, as assigned” in his contract. Getchell donned rubber gloves to remove a loose tooth that was bothering second-grader Parker Baumgartner Monday. Parker walked into the district office with a sore tooth and looking for some support from grandmom Judy Erekson, […]