Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: Ethnographic overview and assessment
Thornton TF. 2004. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: Ethnographic overview and assessment. Ethnographic Overview and Assessment. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
The Coastal and Inland Tlingit and Tagish of the greater Chilkoot area have deep and profound ties to the landscape now encompassed by the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, the Skagway Historic District and White Pass National Historic Landmark, and the Dyea and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Landmark. Before, during, and after the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898, the indigenous people on both sides of the present international border lived off these lands, surviving and flourishing despite the onslaughts of both nature and man. This ethnographic overview and assessment aims to serve as a building block toward further understanding of the rich Native history and cultural values within the park and as a catalyst for further collaborative efforts with area tribes and First Nations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thornton, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 2004-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- HIST , KLGO
- Keywords
- Alaska, Chilkat Chilkoot, Cultural Resources, Economic Expansion, ehistory, ethnogeography, gold rush, History, Klondike, Native Population, Natural Resources, reservations, Skagway, Southern Yukon, Subsistence Pattersn, Tlingit, Tourism, war, World War II