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Hundreds canoe to Juneau for beginning of Celebration

The biennial festival of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian tribal members kicked off on Wednesday with a Ravenstail and Chilkat weavers presentation in Juneau and will end Saturday with a grand exit.

Members of the One People Canoe Society finished the last leg of their weeklong journey from Angoon to Juneau on Wednesday.

The Celebration canoes have arrived, and KCAW’s Emily Kwong and KTOO’s Jennifer Canfield were among the hundreds there for it at Sandy Beach.

Hawaii and Southeast Alaska have something in common when it comes to indigenous languages.

“We don’t want our youth to think that our culture is a static culture (and) that it doesn’t change,” Sealaska Heritage Institute President Rosita Worl.