T'aaku Kwáan

The T'aaku Kwáan are Tlingit people of the Taku River and its inlet, where a great glacial river cuts through the coastal mountains to reach the sea. The river’s salmon and eulachon sustained communities along its banks, and its valley offered a route between the coast and the interior. Taku traders carried smoked salmon inland to exchange for furs, while inland Tlingit also travelled to the river to fish. Canoes connected this river country with the islands and waterways of the coast.