Other Program Suggestions:
Customized and Exclusive Tours

Life on a Trap line 
Caribou Crossing Adventure Company offers a program providing a First Nation person operating a trap line who will share the present day lifestyle of a traditional activity. The program will include traditional means of trapping to modern day trapping techniques, uses of the furs and harvesting practices learned over time. It will offer insight into the different animals in the Yukon and their relationship to people and how they have helped people survive for centuries. Traditional animal management and harvesting practices will also be shared.

Sewing a Traditional Button Blanket
A traditional and ceremonial piece of regalia, the button blanket was often was decorated with clan symbols and worn at Potlatches. Traditionally, it showed the status of the person and their wealth.
This program offers people the opportunity of a sewing circle with a First Nation elder who will share stories and information about traditional cultural practices including how to sew a button blanket, how they are to be worn, information about the traditional practice of potlatches and the clan structure of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.

Yukon Wildlife
This program provides guests with an experience to track wildlife common to this region. The program will include education on the types of wildlife found in the region, their patterns of behavior, animal calls and signs of activity. The program will also highlight traditional and contemporary tools to attract and track wildlife.

Traditional Medicines
The land was the pharmacy for the First Nation people of this territory and has provided well for many generations. This program offers insight into the different plants and remedies available on the land, their uses and how they were applied. The program includes a nature walk that points out the different flora, locations for plant species, identification of plants and how medicines were prepared.

Carcross: Sample One-Day Special Event Program

Location
Tented area outside Koolseen, behind the Visitor Reception Centre

Interpretive Displays
Displays will be set up in the vicinity of the tent and could include:

Arrival into Carcross by coach
Arrival–traditional welcoming and drumming  

Charter Service - Bennett
A step-on guide is provided for the charter service. Bennett program developed from the customized and exclusive program offerings.

Carcross Program
Upon return of the charter into Carcross the guests will be immersed into an interactive theatrical performance, a re-creation of the Uncle Patsy Show and the greeting of visitors in the 40’s and 50’s when school children would leave school at the sound of the train whistle to rush to the depot and sell gold painted rocks to the tourists before Uncle Patsy would entertain with stories of the gold rush and his experience with Skookum Jim and knowledge about a traditional way of life.
Following this opportunity for the guests to become part of the history, the guests will be asked to join one of six groups, each group lead by a member of the six clans of CTFN. The guests will be treated as honoured guests of each clan and will join their host for the dinner. The clan representative will share with the guests, the story of the creation of the clan and what it means to be a member of that clan in this introduction and during the dinner. Depending on numbers, more than one representative may be required. 

Meal Service and Cultural Program
Opening Prayer
Feast to include wild meats and traditional foods:
Caribou, Moose, Moose Stew, Buffalo, Wild Rice, Bannock, Indian Ice Cream, Tea

Cultural Program options:
Tagish Nation Dancers, Dene Games Challenge, Atlatl Challenge