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Documenting Tlingit Traditions while Creating a Replica Longhouse. Exhibit version

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists, Places and People
Summary
This film documents elders as they discuss the importance of clan houses and clan protocols, while also documenting the carvers as they adze planks in the traditional style to create a replica longhouse that will house the famous Whale House Collection.
Daniel speaking in the Klukwan Longhouse

Daniel speaking in the Klukwan Longhouse

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Daniel Klanott speaking in the Kaaya Haayi Hit in Klukwan.
Upper Chilkat River

Upper Chilkat River

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Places and People
Summary
Aerial view of upper Chilkat Valley with Klukwan on the right side.
Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center front door

Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center front door

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Places and People
Summary
Photo of the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center front door with Chilkat River in the background.
Klukwan Aerial view

Klukwan Aerial view

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Places and People
Summary
Aerial view of Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan
Traditional Dugout Cottonwood Canoe

Traditional Dugout Cottonwood Canoe

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
dugout cottonwood canoe.
Eagle Warrior Totem

Eagle Warrior Totem

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Eagle totem at Klukwan's Veterans Memorial.
Raven Warrior Totem

Raven Warrior Totem

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Raven totem at Klukwan's Veterans Memorial.
Tlingit Smokehouse

Tlingit Smokehouse

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Traditional Atx'aan hidi (Smokehouse).
Wall Screen close up

Wall Screen close up

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Close up of the Wall Screen in Klukwan's Kaaya Haayi Hit.
Kaaya Haayi Hit

Kaaya Haayi Hit

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Interior of Klukwan's Kaaya Haayi Hit
Adze work in JKHC

Adze work in the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center

Digital Heritage
Community
Klukwan Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Daniel Klanott, Jim Heaton, and Jeffery Klanott, Jr. adzing in the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center.