This gallery comes from a return to Ketchikan — a place of family, history, and continuity. While James was born in Juneau, his parents came from Ketchikan, making this journey an important step in reconnecting place, memory, and lineage. Taken during our wedding journey, these images capture moments with community, land, carved works, and living tradition — reflecting continuity not as memory alone, but as presence.
Totem Bite Park, Ketchikan, Alaska
Carver Nathan Jackson -Saxman
Saxman Tribal House
Ḵínsá win next his elder photo at Cape Fox
Charlie Brown's journals museum in Ketchikan.
Totem Bite
Wedding at Saxman Tribal House
Tlingit Eagle Blanket courtesy of Kelly White
Sheree and James Saxman Tribal House
Totem at Saxman
Uncle Joe Williams - Where the Eagle Walks Tours
Totem pole by his Grandfather, Charlie Brown
James Starrish and Charles Brown Lincoln Totem
Master Carver Charlie Brown
James with his Mother Martha
Ḵínsá win - James Charles Reed
Tlingit Tribe assistant leaders Charles Brown, right, and James Starrish stand with the top of a totem pole carved to look like Abraham Lincoln. The two men were part of the Indian Civilian Conservation Corps that restored totem poles in Alaska. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
