Ketchikan resident Willard Jackson, Sr., made the trip to Wrangell last week as Natives blessed newly arrived cedar planks for the Shakes Tribal House renovation project.
Members of the Wrangell Cooperative Association, along with visitors from other communities in Southeast Alaska, joined together on Tuesday, May 22 to bless planks of cedar to be used in the renovation of the Chief Shakes tribal house.
The wood, which is a portion of 12 logs donated to the project by Sealaska Corporation, was taken from native lands near the Cleveland Peninsula on Prince of Wales Island.
WCA office manager Carol Snoddy said the ceremony was special because the current delivery of cedar is just the beginning of what the renovation project will receive.
“This is a very important...
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