Saturday, September 30, 2006
The Table is Set
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I've been told that there is an old Tlingit saying that "when the tide is out, the table is set". At the mouth of Indian River, along the Totem Park trail, a Tlingit settlement thrived for years until the Russians drove them away. The river still hosts thousands of returning salmon every summer, treating locals and visitors to a close-up view of the cycle of death and new life.