On a cold and cloudy Friday afternoon, Oct. 25, Tlingit clan leaders stood ready to welcome guests to Angoon.
For millennia, the Tlingit have lived on Admiralty Island, or Xootsnoowú, the Fortress of the Bears. Adorned in regalia, clan leaders performed a traditional Tlingit welcoming ceremony to their ancestral lands.
“We welcome you with open arms,” said Daniel Johnson Jr., a leader of the Deisheetaan clan.
Facing the Tlingit was Rear Adm. Mark Sucato, commander of the Navy Region Northwest, along with a handful of uniformed Navy personnel.
“We have come for your ku.éex’!” Sucato said.
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