By Greg Knight
Shakes House completed, ready for rededication
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From left: Marge Byrd, Virginia Oliver, Dixie Hutchinson and Apryl Hutchinson practice traditional Tlingit drumming and song on Dec. 14 at the renovated Shakes Tribal House. The house was recently completed and will be rededicated in May 2013.
Construction on the Chief Shakes Tribal House wrapped up on Friday, Dec. 14 as the rebuilding effort marked a major milestone with an open house and the official completion of work in an effort that took a year to finish and cost just around $1 million.
The cedar structure, which was the home of Chief Shakes VII, the last leader of the Wrangell tribe, began its transformation in 2011 and has seen a brand new house rise in the place of the former.
Todd White, a lifelong Wrangell resident, is the project manager for the renovation and oversaw the rebuilding.
“When we first came into the pr...
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