Sealaska Corporation

FUNDING FOR ATAKER DEMONSTRATION

Department of Defense · Department of the Army

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THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL DEVELOP VOICES OF RURAL AMERICA: DIGITIZING INTERVIEWS FROM THE LAST FRONTIER PROJECT TO DIGITIZE RADIO RECORDINGS FROM SITKA AND WRANGELL’S LOCAL RADIO PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT THE CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT RURAL ALASKAN LIFE. THE RADIO RECORDINGS PRODUCED FOR LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO FEATURE THE VOICES AND NARRATIVES OF RURAL ALASKAN PEOPLE IN THE 1960S THROUGH 1990S. THE COLLECTIONS CONTAIN INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ELDERS, POLITICAL FIGURES, AND ORGANIZATIONS DOCUMENTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SOCIAL LIFE, AND ALASKA NATIVE ISSUES. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FUND THE PURCHASE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE UTILIZED DURING CELEBRATION 2026 TO ESTABLISH AND HOST SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE’S FIRST “POP-UP” RECORDING STUDIO. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO TELL STORIES, SING SONGS, OR CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH LOVED ONES. SUBMITTED RECORDINGS WILL BE COLLECTED AND MADE INTO THE VOICES OF CELEBRATION 2026 ARCHIVAL COLLECTION. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP BUILD A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHT INTO RURAL SOUTHEAST ALASKA LIFE.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE, ON BEHALF OF SEALASKA CORPORATION, WILL PRESERVE AND PROVIDE DIGITAL ACCESS TO 1,730 VIDEO RECORDINGS THAT CAPTURE PAST CULTURE AND LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. PROJECT STAFF WILL DRAW FROM THE RECORDINGS TO CREATE SHORT EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS TO INFORM NEW AND RETURNING PATRONS ABOUT RESOURCES FOR PERPETUATING SOUTHEAST ALASKA’S THREE ENDANGERED INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND REVITALIZING TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN CULTURAL PRACTICES. THE CREATION OF A FINDING AID AND PROTOCOLS FOR PROCESSING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS WILL FURTHER SUPPORT MUSEUM SERVICES, AND BUILD SEALASKA’S CAPACITY TO SERVE ITS 26,000 SHAREHOLDERS, THEIR DESCENDANTS, AND THE PUBLIC.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA CORPORATION WILL SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE LIBRARY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY. THE NATIVE AMERICAN LIBRARY SERVICES BASICS GRANT PROJECT WILL IMPROVE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL SERVICES FOR ACCESSING, LEARNING, AND PRESERVING INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. PROJECT FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL LIBRARY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY-RELATED MATERIALS, PROGRAMMING FOR IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, AND TRAINING FOR LIBRARY STAFF. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE TRIBAL MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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RESTORE PROJECT RESTORING SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Department of Agriculture · Forest Service

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THE SEALASKA CORPORATION OF ALASKA WILL DEVELOP THE “DOCUMENTING THE CRESTS OF TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN CLANS” PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE; THE COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL SCHOLARS, WHICH INCLUDES THREE TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN ADVISORS; AND 12 CLAN SPOKESPERSONS. THE TEAM WILL DOCUMENT THE ORIGIN, CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND CLAN OWNERSHIP OF 12 CRESTS TO CREATE A PUBLICA ON AND A WEBPAGE FOR REVITALIZING SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE CULTURES AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SACRED NATURE OF CRESTS, THEIR CLAN OWNERSHIP, AND ALL TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CRESTS. MEMBERS OF THE FOUR TLINGIT CLANS, FOUR HAIDA CLANS, AND FOUR TSIMSHIAN CLANS WILL OBTAIN GREATER ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF ORAL NARRATIVES DESCRIBING THE ORIGIN OF ONE OF THEIR CRESTS.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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GARTINA CREEK TEMPORARY BRIDGE

Department of Agriculture · Forest Service

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THE SEALASKA CORPORATION IN JUNEAU, ALASKA WILL HAVE A GREATER EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING DIGITIZATION EFFORTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SEALASKA’S GOAL TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ITS COLLECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, SEALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT ITS ONGOING GOAL TO ENSURE ITS LIBRARY RESOURCES REMAIN CURRENT, VIABLE, AND OF VALUE TO THE NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE PATRONS. THE PRIMARY AIM OF SEALASKA’S PRESERVATION EFFORTS WILL BE DIGITIZING VULNERABLE COLLECTIONS TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED ACCESS WHILE GUARDING AGAINST DETERIORATION. TO ENSURE ITS RESOURCES REMAIN CURRENT, VIABLE, AND OF VALUE TO ITS PATRONS, SEALASKA WILL PURCHASE NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS ON TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN CULTURE, HISTORY, AND LANGUAGE.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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THE SEALASKA CORPORATION AND SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL CREATE SEALASKA LIVING HERITAGE MUSEUM BOXES, PORTABLE KITS COMPRISED OF MUSEUM-QUALITY COLLECTION ITEMS WITH ASSOCIATED LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES, TO BRING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND CULTURALLY SUSTAINING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA’S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE UNABLE TO VISIT THE MUSEUM DUE TO ITS LOCATION. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ENGAGING ALASKA NATIVE ARTISTS TO CREATE MODELS FOR THE BOXES, CREATING ACCOMPANYING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, ASSEMBLING THE BOXES, AND PILOTING TWO MUSEUM BOX EXPERIENCES WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5. THIS PROJECT WILL PROMOTE AND ENHANCE DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TS’MSYEN (TSIMSHIAN) CULTURES AND LANGUAGES AND SUPPORT TEACHERS UNFAMILIAR WITH ALASKA NATIVE CULTURES TO TEACH ABOUT THOSE TRADITIONS, ALLOWING ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS TO FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURES ARE VALUED.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE’S “TLINGIT MACBETH: CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS FILMS PROJECT” WILL ALLOW STAFF TO EDIT RAW FOOTAGE OF THE 2007 PERFORMANCE OF THE PLAY (PERFORMED BY AN ALL-NATIVE CAST AND PRIMARILY IN THE TLINGIT LANGUAGE), INTO A FEATURE FILM TO BE PREMIERED AT CELEBRATION 2024 AS THE MAIN FEATURE OF A FILM FESTIVAL, THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON DVD. THE PROJECT WILL CELEBRATE AND SHARE THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY THAT WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE TLINGIT MACBETH, AND ALSO HONOR THEIR MEMORY, SUCH AS THE TRANSLATOR JOHNNY MARKS WHO HAS SINCE ‘WALKED INTO THE FOREST.’ THE PROJECT WILL ALSO DEBUT A JURIED FILM SHOW COMPONENT AT THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT NATIVE FILMMAKERS WHERE THE WINNING SHORT FILMS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH AN AWARD CEREMONY. “TLINGIT MACBETH: CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS FILMS” WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR REPRESENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CHARACTERS, CULTURES, AND LANGUAGES IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, BUT ALSO ALASKA NATIVE REPRESENTATION OF DIRECTORS AND FILMMAKERS.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA CORPORATION'S, SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE (SHI) WILL PRESERVE, ENHANCE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO ITS COLLECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THE NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RELATING TO THE TLINGIT, HAIDA AND TSIMSHIAN CULTURES. FUNDING WILL ALSO BE USED TO PURCHASE NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS ABOUT CULTURE, HISTORY, AND LANGUAGE. FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, SUCH AS THE ALASKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS. SEALASKA VIEWS SHI AS VITAL TO PRESERVING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGING STUDIES OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA CORPORATION WILL BE AWARDED $425,920 TO SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT, FEASIBILITY, AND PRIORITIZATION OF STREAM-CROSSING BARRIERS ON PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, AS WELL AS DESIGNS FOR 10 INDIVIDUAL BARRIER PROJECTS. PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AREAS FOR SALMON IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THE ISLAND SUPPORTS COHO, CHUM, PINK, AND SOCKEYE SALMON, DOLLY VARDEN CHAR, AND COASTAL CUTTHROAT TROUT, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE LIVELIHOOD AND CULTURE OF INHABITANTS FOR MILLENNIA. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND INCREASE SPECIES RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WHILE ALSO IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR REMOTE COMMUNITIES. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL HELP BUILD CAPACITY FOR SEALASKA EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL PHASES OF THE WORK. SEALASKA IS AN ACTIVE PARTNER OF THE SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIONAL FISH HABITAT PARTNERSHIP. SEALASKA WILL IDENTIFY PROJECTS IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY FROM THE NFHP PARTNER PRIORITIZED FISH P

Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL ENHANCE DIGITAL PRESERVATION PRACTICES AND EXPAND DIGITAL STORAGE CAPACITY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THEIR INDIGENOUS ARCHIVES. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR STAFF TO GAIN EXPERTISE IN DIGITAL ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT. STAFF WILL ALSO ESTABLISH A FORMAL, COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT POLICY TO SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION OF DIGITIZED AND BORN-DIGITAL ARCHIVAL HOLDINGS, INCLUDING THEIR AUDIO COLLECTION OF TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN ORAL TRADITIONS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN INCREASED ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL RECORDS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND BEYOND.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS RELATING TO THE TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN CULTURES. SEALASKA SERVES MORE THAN 22,000 TRIBAL CONSTITUENTS IN AND OUTSIDE OF ALASKA AS WELL AS NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND AROUND THE WORLD. THEY WILL UNDERTAKE DIGITIZATION EFFORTS TO GUARD AGAINST DETERIORATION OF COLLECTION MATERIALS WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PRESERVING AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS CURRENTLY ON OUTDATED FORMATS, SUCH AS AUDIO CASSETTES OR VHS TAPES. TO ENSURE ITS RESOURCES REMAIN CURRENT, VIABLE, AND OF VALUE TO ITS PATRONS, SEALASKA WILL PURCHASE NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS AND SEND ITS STAFF TO A WORKSHOP OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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SEALASKA CORPORATION WILL CREATE FIVE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LESSON PLANS FOR USE BY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JUNEAU, ALASKA. THE 200 STUDENTS TO BE SERVED BY THE PROJECT WILL VISIT THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WITH THEIR TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN INQUIRY-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THE MUSEUM'S 1982 BIENNIAL CELEBRATION, WHICH REVITALIZED THE TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN CULTURES. THE PROJECT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS GRANT AWARDS FROM IMLS AND NEH TO DIGITIZE AND EDIT FOOTAGE FROM THE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL. THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL DRAW FROM CONTENT IN 24 EDITED VIDEOS OF THE EVENT, AS WELL AS FROM RESOURCES IN ITS ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS TO CREATE THE LESSON PLANS. . THE PROJECT TEAM WILL USE PRE AND POST STUDENT AND TEACHER SURVEYS TO WRITE AND DELIVER A PAPER ON THE PROJECT TO THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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WHITESTONE CAMP ROAD FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENTS

Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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THE SEALASKA HERITAGE GROUP WILL ARCHIVE THE DAUENHAUER LITERARY ESTATE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR TLINGIT LANGUAGE SPEAKERS, LEARNERS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF 275 LINEAR FEET OF DOCUMENTS CREATED BY NORA AND RICHARD DAUENHAUER, TLINGIT SCHOLARS WHO SPENT FOUR DECADES WORKING WITH FLUENT TLINGIT SPEAKERS. THE ARCHIVIST WILL DIGITIZE 2,700 DOCUMENTS, MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH PROFIO, BUILD A FINDING AID FOR THE COLLECTION, AND CREATE THE "LINGI?T SHKALNEEGI-LINGI?T TUNDATA?ANI: THE LIFEWORK OF NORA AND RICHARD DAUENHAUER" ARCHIVAL RESOURCE GUIDE. THE ARCHIVIST AND RESEARCH SPECIALIST WILL DELIVER LECTURES DURING THE SEALASKA HERITAGE GROUP ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH LECTURE SERIES.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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THIS BASIC GRANT SUPPORTS MATERIAL PRESERVATION AND THE DIGITIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE SEALASKA COMMUNITY, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. THE BASIC GRANT ALSO MAINTAINS CORE LIBRARY OPERATIONS.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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2019 HPF TRIBAL - SEALASKA CORPORATION

Department of the Interior · National Park Service

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THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL ENHANCE THE OUR GRANDPARENTS' NAMES ON THE LAND EXHIBIT. AIMED AT SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND VISITORS TO JUNEAU, THIS EXHIBIT SHOWCASES THE MULTI-FACETED ATTRIBUTES OF THE REGION'S INDIGENOUS PLACE NAMES. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES A LARGE, INTERACTIVE, TOUCHSCREEN MULTIMEDIA TABLETOP WITH A TOTAL OF 3,500 NATIVE PLACE NAME LOCATIONS DISPLAYED ON A SATELLITE MAP OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THE PROJECT WILL HARNESS THE TABLE'S CAPABILITY TO SHARE DIGITIZED CONTENT FROM THE INSTITUTE'S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION. THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS THAT DOCUMENT TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DIGITIZE AND LINK COLLECTION RESOURCES, WHICH RANGE FROM HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO VIDEOS TO TEXTUAL DOCUMENTS, TO 50 INDIGENOUS PLACE NAMES IN THE EXHIBIT. TWO STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, SOUTHEAST, WILL EARN COLLEGE CREDIT BY ASSISTING WITH PROJECT ACTIVITIES.

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Institute of Museum and Library Services

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