May 15th.

Paul and I drove 22 miles to Klukwan. It is a remnant of a Tlinglet village. The village is very run down as you can see by the photos. Though we understand that they have received large tracts of land that have now been lucratively logged. It appeared that only a few people actually lived here anymore. Some tribal members have become very wealthy. Poverty and pain die hard and the community continues to be plagued with alchoholism, abuse and squandering of resources from what I understand from local accounts.

Some of these buildings contain a fortune in Tlinglit arts treasures. They are building a cultural center in which to house and protect them. I will be at the Mosquito Lake school on Tuesday afternoon. A tiny school in this community.

We ate at the sole restaurant on the Chilkat Highway....33 mile restaurant. Best hamburgers in the area.

Check out the next blog for the remainder of the day and photos of Carol Tuynman's homesteac.