Skagway Traditional Council monitors wildlife activity in advance of hooligan run
Hooligan caught from the Chilkoot River in 2017. (File photo by Emily Files) The arrival of the hooligan, at one time, meant the difference between survival and starvation at the end of a long hard winter in Southeast Alaska. Traditionally hooligan, also known as eulachon, candlefish, or saak, provided not only food for the Chilkat and Chilkoot Tlingit people of the Upper Lynn Canal, but also medical, social, and spiritual well-being. Their arrival is often forecasted by the presence of gulls, ducks, seals, sea lions, and orca. Reuben Cash is the Environmental Coordinator for the Skagwa...
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