Metlakatla celebrates traditions on Founder’s Day

A small crowd gathered outside a two-steeple white church. It was early in the day, but the sun was already beating down, glinting off of the lone headstone that stands beside the church. There lies Christian missionary William Duncan, a controversial and key figure in the story of this Southeast community’s history.
“No matter what anyone may think of him, William Duncan did what he thought was best for us,” David Robert Boxley said.
Boxley lives in Metlakatla, and explained t