It was a little over a month ago since I last wrote on this blog. I have been updating my main website making some major changes there. I figured for now, it would be best to write a short note here about things that have happened the last month and what is coming up in Sitka.

For starters, I was jogging through Totem Park one day and ran across some people from Lincoln, Nebraska who are here doing an archaelogical dig in the park. They are looking for remnants of the Battle of 1804. This the park's main attraction for many because it has alot of history important to Sitka's Tlingit people. The battle was between Russian fur traders and Tlingit's from Sitka and nearby villages.

Also at the park, a totem pole carving has begun. The pole was commissioned by the Sitka National Historical Park and is being carved by a couple young artists from Hydaburg. Another totem is being carved on Japonski Island by Wayne Price and was commissioned by Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC).

Celebration 2006 is happening this week in Juneau. Unfortunately the timing is bad for me and I won't be able to attend, but I will provide pictures of the Native festivities. This is a bi-annual event primarily where Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimpshians from all over Southeast and parts of Canada congregate.

There is much activity in the Tlingit community right now and once our child is born and we're settled I hope to update this blog with all this information.