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Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have glanced nervously up at the glacier’s looming, fractured face, aware that cascades of ice could thunder down and imperil the boats – and their lives. As they drew near, they would have asked the seals to give themselves as food for the people and talked to the spirit of Sít Tlein to release the animals from his care.

Senator makes announcement while appearing with dance group from Tlingit village during Celebration.

With 42 schools spread across a sprawling region encompassing a diverse array of communities, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one of the most unique school districts in the U.S., according to its superintendent.

The community faces a crisis -- the decline of the Gulf of Alaska seals due to commercial hunting and the failure of the animals to recover because of warming ocean waters.

While many others have written about the Athabascan man, a book by historian Mary Ehrlander may be the most complete sketch of the life of Walter Harper.