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Icy Strait Point (Alaska, USA)

Description: Located in Hoonah, Alaska, USA. It is home to the Tlingit, a matrilineal society.

Newest Review: ... has also been converted to a restaurant and you can also buy crab sandwiches from a small outlet. Excursions were booked in advance and we enjoyed a tour of the village, this gave two women work, one to drive the bus and the other was the guide, both local Tlingit women who went away but came back to have their families as city life was too different for them. They love the peace, the water, ... more

... the friendliness and the fact in winter it is so cold that not much work is done, but lots of parties and socialising. We found out about the ferries which people use to get down to Skagway, there is no doctor or hairdresser in Icy Strait Point , so fer...more

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Icy Strait Point (Alaska, USA): I'll ask a Tlingit! (829 words)
by - written on 19/11/08 (Very useful, 116 readings)
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Hoonah is the largest native Tlingit (pronounced klingit) Indian settlement in Alaska, and Icy Strait Point is just down the road from the village. In these days when diversification is necessary for survival, as fishing and logging is no longer providing sufficient income, the Tlingit chiefs and the cruise ship companies have reached an agreement. One ship is allowed in each day and although the harbour isn't deep enough for cruise ships the life boats are utilized to ferry guests ashore. We were told that the original home of the Huna in Glacier Bay was destroyed by a glacial advance, at which time many Huna moved to the location of present-day Hoonah. In ... Read the complete review