Hooch

The Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, 1 a tribe of the Tlingit people located on Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska, is unfortunately best know to white America for one thing: they are the origin of the word &ldquo;hooch.&rdquo; When researching claims of pre-contact fermentation practices in the Pacific Northwest , I came across the following quote: &ldquo;Public efforts at prohibiting liquor to the Indian…