We stopped at Ketchican this afternoon, and visited the Saxman Native Village. This is one of the first groups of Eskimos to have settled in Alaska. They have a long history and many traditions and much culture that they are striving to preserve. Unfortunately while we were there, a majority of the village were celebrating a Potlach in Juneau so we didn’t see the best of the best that was there. The history and stories of the Totem Poles are very interesting. Also the process of carving.
We also saw the lumberjack show in town before walking back to the ship.
