Chilkat Indian Village

Chilkat Indian Village’s Klukwan Community and School Library project “Cultivating Traditional Practices” will focus on learning and innovation, media literacy, and life and career skills. Cultural and skill-building programs for all ages will be taught by elders, other tradition bearers, and visiting presenters. They will feature traditional knowledge such as subsistence practices, preparation of traditional foods and medicines, and Northwest Coast art and design. Seven locally produced videos will document this knowledge for future generations, including two that will be planned and produced by high school students, to be shown in a film premier event as a part of Klukwan’s Culture Days. In addition, the tribal archive will be enriched by donations of private collections, and staff will learn skills necessary for organizing and making these valuable resources available to the community.