Chilkat
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Travelers can try that experience starting Wednesday, when the 60-seat Chilkat Express hydrofoil speeds between Des Moines Marina in South King County and Bell Harbor Marina in Seattle in 40 minutes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving are complex art forms traditionally practiced by Northwest Coast Alaska Native peoples, and make use of hand-twined textiles.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2019
Mr. Nanney related the story of Muir’s first visit to the area, which was a stronghold of the feared Chilkat Tlingit tribe.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
In the days after Flight 1866 crashed into the Chilkat Range, a small plane deliberately traced its path west of Juneau.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2016
It is the Tahkeena, and will lead you to the Chilkat Pass, which is some longer, but no worse than the Chilkoot.
From Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 by Various
The Chilkats liked S. Hall Young, Muir’s proselytizing companion, and granted him permission to build a Presbyterian school and mission that grew to become Haines.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
Campbell found the local Indians and came back; but the Chilkats had cleaned out.
From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)
Suddenly he exclaimed: "They are Chilkats, Phil, and they want something that they seem to think is in Nel-te's possession."
From Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 by Various
Certainly I am, and should have been half-way there by this time if I hadn't been delayed by a report of some sort of a row between the Chilkats and a party of whites.
From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various
On New Year’s Day, 1869, Colcheka, a noted chief of the Chilkats who was visiting Sitka, was entertained by General Davis at the castle on the hill.
From The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast by Andrews, Clarence Leroy
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