Asaayíx' Kudziteey Haa Léelk'u Hás Aaní

Lkóot Aaní, or Chilkoot, is the name of the area from Haines to Skagway, and the name comes from Lkóot Áa, "The Lake that Puked," where a massive rock fell into the lake and caused a flood that washed out two clan houses. The land includes place names such as Kasadaayí Héen, Shgagwéi, Yaakw Deiyáa.aa, Kanagoo Yahaayí, Náxkw, Náxk'w Héen, Deiyáa, Deiyáa Héen, Kaxla Ku.aa, Kutás Ká, Shaa Shakee, A Shakee, Áax'w Sáani Xoo, Tl'óox'u Áa, Tl'oox'u Héeni, Shaanáx Áayi, Shaanáx Héeni, Té X'aayi Lutú, and Ch'akúx Anax Dul.adi Yé, each tied to features of the landscape. These names are rooted in the land and in a culture extending back tens of thousands of years, with language and land inseparable and intertwined. The land is known today as it was known by the ancestors from ages past, including Shgagwéi, Náxk'w, and Deiyáa, and those who walk it now seek to learn the ways of their ancestors and live in harmony and balance on it while watching carefully over the land of their grandparents.

Skagway, Alaska · United States