Land Use: A History Unfolds from Soil to Food By tracing trade and cultivation along the coast of the America’s we recognize the connection of trade and the significance of the trails. Juneau's early trails are water ways, some are across the land and some across water to fishing, rock art and hunting. Many of these have been lost to common knowledge. There are some pictographs and petroglyphs landmarks that still exist. Some of these areas are being lost due to weather and land changes. Tlingit people traded from California and beyond to Alaska. Among trade items were tobacco and possibly potatoes. Tobacco was thought to be the precursor to Tlingit Agriculture. Along waterways there are petroglyphs whose meanings are still unknown today. They can be studied and interpreted by using oral histories and techniques. My presentation will include food issues due to climate change as well as petroglyphs and the changing environment.
