“I think what I love most about Klukwan is the interconnectedness. It's a value that is taught by experience, but also through engagement. Everybody is related, so you always get invited to community events. You get encouraged to participate. You might get last minute invites to attend birthdays, potluck events where we're just kind of throwing something together, but people show up because we all care very deeply about Klukwan.”

“I'm Kimberley Strong, the vice president of the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan. And I've lived in the Chilkat Valley most of my life. I was born in Skagway, reared in Haines and Klukwan. As a child my siblings and I spent our summers in Klukwan with our grandmother, putting up fish and gathering berries.”