Hoonah, Alaska
Don't ask me how you get Klinkit out of Tlingit, but that is the case for these native people of Alaska. This Tlingit man was more than willing to let me take his picture. You could tell that he was proud of his heritage.
The Tlingit of Hoonah originally lived in what is now Glacier Bay, Alaska. But a little over two hundred years ago the Grand Pacific Glacier forced them to move and settle in the land "where the north wind doesn't blow" (The meaning behind Hoonah).
"Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'" Genesis 12:1-3 English Standard Version
God may not have called us out of Ur of the Chaldeans to live in Palestine or out of Glacier Bay to reside in Hoonah, but he has called us out of the territory of sin into the light of his love. He has called us to boast not in what we have done but in what he has done for us.
You see, the name we wear is "little christs" (Christian) and no matter where we are this is our clothing.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
The Tlingit of Hoonah originally lived in what is now Glacier Bay, Alaska. But a little over two hundred years ago the Grand Pacific Glacier forced them to move and settle in the land "where the north wind doesn't blow" (The meaning behind Hoonah).
"Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'" Genesis 12:1-3 English Standard Version
God may not have called us out of Ur of the Chaldeans to live in Palestine or out of Glacier Bay to reside in Hoonah, but he has called us out of the territory of sin into the light of his love. He has called us to boast not in what we have done but in what he has done for us.
You see, the name we wear is "little christs" (Christian) and no matter where we are this is our clothing.
Join the conversation on our Facebook group: Praying With the Eyes
(Click on picture to enlarge.)
Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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