Tlingit people have lived in present-day Skagway, located on the
Alaskan Panhandle, for millennia. European-Americans entered the region in the 1880s
Gold Rush. Considered the gateway to the
Klondike and is near
Glacier Bay National Park, and is northeast of
Haines, Alaska. The tribe's environmental coordinator, Reuben Cash, is leading an effort to reduce the invasive plant species, such as
white sweetclover,
orange hawkweed,
reed canary grass, and
yellow toadflax that have overrun tribal lands. == Economy ==