The festival started 30 years ago as a way to celebrate the commercial fishing season. But organizers want the festival to better reflect the community as it is now.
People playing “chicken” at Dog Salmon Fest in Kake in 2023. ears ago as a way to celebrate the commercial fishing season. But this year’s festival on Saturday will be the last in the village of 500 people.
Juneau artist Chloey Cavanaugh has been working with Kelli Jackson with the Kake Tribal Corporation on making this last year of the original festival special.Chloey Cavanaugh: I am Chloe Kavanaugh. My Lingít name is Tláakw Sháa. So Kelli’s been just really amazing to collaborate with, and kind of dream big about what the future of Dog Salmon Fest looks like. So it’s kind of just started off as us talking at a cabin and being like, “Okay, what can we do for the last year of Dog Salmon Fest?”
At least, like, my understanding about Kake, and what I’ve learned over the years and gone through videotapes that my grandfathers left me is it just it took a really big hit, and a lot of knowledge and access to culture being lost, although that subsistence is really, really there. There was also a lot of damage done, and the relationship between the military and Kake, and bad pipes being put in the schools, and a lot of harm done to the community.
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