Observe the image above for 1-2 minutes while thinking about what you see. 

What do you think about the things you see? 

Does it remind you of something? What do you think it is? 

Write down some questions you have about this image/object. 

If you guessed it is a trap, you are correct! 

The photographs here are of an excavation of a 

 that was used approximately 700 years ago to capture fish as they swam up a creek we now call, Montana Creek. Kaxdegoowu Héen Sháali is the Tlingit word for

The Tlingit are the original people of the city now called Juneau, Alaska. 

Here is some information about traditional Tlingit Fishing. 

Standards for Observe a Photograph