Creatures

According to the publication, Our food is our Tlingit way of life, food plants include black seaweed, salmonberry, thimbleberry, blueberry, fiddleheads, wild potatoes, wild celery, nettle, dandelion, goose tongue, devil’s club, and more. (Newton & Moss, 2009). Other plants you may see on the island are moss, muskeg, red cedar, and yellow cedar, as listed by the […]

Traditionally one of the things that makes a great place to live is abundant access to food sources. According to Tlingit elder Elwood Thomas, the creeks had runs of sockeye, humpback, and dog salmon (Olson, 1989). The publication Our food is our Tlingit way of life adds but is not limited to black bear, beaver,