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Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Kusteeyí
The Real People’s Way of Being
DURING OUR 10,000 YEARS or more of occupation of
Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people
developed cultural traditions that have been modified by
rapid culture change that began in 1867 after the Treaty of
Cession between the United States and Russia.
Our ancient values allowed our People to adapt to the
changes and to survive as a distinct cultural group. Today,
we are also seeking to integrate our cultural values into the
institutions that directly serve our People. The values in
Tlingit are:
• Haa Aaní: Our Land (Haida: Íitl’ Tlagáa; Tsimshian: Na
Yuubm)
• Haa Latseen: Our Strength (Haida: Íitl’ Dagwiigáay;
Tsimshian: Na Yugyetga’nm)
• Haa Shagóon: Past, Present, and Future Generations
(Haida: Íitl’ Kuníisii; Tsimshian: Na Hlagigyadm)
• Wooch Yax: Balance (Haida: Gu dlúu; Tsimshian: Ama
Mackshm)
SHI President Dr. Rosita Worl.
At Sealaska Heritage Institute, these values help to
define our path, guide us along the way, and develop
programs to perpetuate the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian
cultures.
—Rosita Worl, Yeidiklas’okw, Kaa haní
President
OPPOSITE: Graphics of
core cultural values by
Robert Davis Hoffmann.
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Copyright © 2010 Sealaska Heritage Institute
All rights reserved.
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE
One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 301
Juneau, Alaska 99801
907.463.4844
www.sealaskaheritage.org
ISBN 978-0-9825786-3-6
Cover: Haa Shagóon by Robert Davis Hoffmann, Xaashuch’eet, Tlingit of
the Tsaagweidí clan, Xaay Hít.
Design and composition by Kathy Dye.
Tlingit words edited by Linda Belarde. Haida words edited by Dr. Jordan
Lachler. Tsimshian words edited by Donna May Roberts.
PHOTO CREDITS
All photos made by Kathy Dye except the following: Rosita Worl by David
Sheakley, page iii; Celebration Grand Entrance and children in regalia
by Brian Wallace, page 2; dancer in mask by Bill Hess, page 2; toddler in
regalia by Brian Wallace, page 3; Tlingit regalia with military uniforms
by Frank La Roche from Sealaska Heritage Institute collections, page 20;
“Jan-clet-jah” by Case and Draper from Sealaska Heritage Institute collections, page 20; Auk village by William Partridge from Sealaska Heritage
Institute collections, page 20; ANB/ANS representatives by Brian Wallace
from Sealaska Heritage Institute collections, page 21; photos of illustrations and books by Zachary Jones, page 22; photo of painting by Zachary
Jones, page 23; students holding model clan houses and students looking
to the right by Sarah Dybdahl, page 26; Byron Mallott by Dixie Hutchinson, page 29; Juried Art Show by Brian Wallace, page 30; cedar tree by
James Poulson, page 35; Southeast Alaska by Todd Antioquia, page 36;
John Marks by Richard Dauenhauer, page 48.
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About Sealaska Heritage Institute
About Sealaska Corporation
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Wooch Yax: Balance
Social and Spiritual Balance
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Haa Shagóon: Past, Present and Future Generations
Honoring our Ancestors and Future Generations
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Haa Latseen: Our Strength
Strength of Body, Mind, and Spirit
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Haa Aaní: Our Land
Honoring & Utilizing our Land
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Donors
Financials
Staff, Board of Trustees, Council of Traditional Scholars
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Who We Are
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE (SHI) is a regional Native
nonprofit organization founded for the Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. SHI was established
in 1980 by Sealaska Corporation, a for-profit company
formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(ANCSA). SHI, formerly Sealaska Heritage Foundation, administers Sealaska’s cultural and educational programs.
SHI was conceived by Clan Leaders, Traditional Scholars,
and Elders at the first Sealaska Elders Conference in 1980.
During that meeting, the Elders likened Native culture to
a blanket. The late George Davis (Kichnáalx, Lk’aanáaw) of
Angoon, spoke these memorable words:
“We don’t want what you did here to only echo in the
air, how our grandfathers used to do things…Yes. You have
unwrapped it for us. That is why we will open again this
container of wisdom left in our care.”
These wise traditional leaders told the new leaders that
their hands were growing weary of holding onto the metaphorical blanket, this “container of wisdom”. They said they
were transferring this responsibility to the Corporation. In
response to this directive, Sealaska Corporation created its
non-profit arm, Sealaska Heritage Institute, to administer
cultural and educational programs for the Tlingit, Haida,
and Tsimshian.
During its first decade of operation, under the leadership of David Katzeek, SHI began to administer its scholarship program from funds set aside by Sealaska Corporation
for this purpose. The second major focus at that time was
the documentation of oral traditions, a project led by Tlingit
scholar Dr. Nora Marks Dauenhauer and her husband, Dr.
Richard Dauenhauer. Over nearly a twenty-year period,
these efforts led to several major publications by the
institute of the Dauenhauers’ work, including: Because We
OPPOSITE: A sampling
of books on Native
languages, cultures, and
history published by the
institute over the years.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Grand Entrance at Celebra-
tion 2008 in Juneau, Alaska; Children dressed in
regalia; Children smile at a dancer wearing Eagle
Transformation Mask at Celebration 2006.
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Cherish You…Sealaska Elders Speak to the Future (1981);
Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors, Tlingit Oral Narratives, Vol. I,
(1987); Haa Tuwunáagu Yís, for Healing our Spirit: Tlingit
Oratory, Vol. 2 (1990); Haa Kusteeyí, Our Culture: Tlingit
Life Stories, Vol. 3 (1994); the third edition of Beginning
Tlingit (1991); and Aan Aduspelled X’úx’, Tlingit Spelling
Book (1999). A number of these publications were copublished by the institute and University of Washington
Press. During this period, the institute also created Naa
Kahídi Theater, which won national acclaim for its dramatic
presentation of Native legends.
Soon after SHI was founded, the institute sponsored
the first United Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian traditional
Celebration, held in Juneau. Celebration 1982 was so
popular that our Board of Trustees decided the festival
should become a biennial event. New dance groups began
to form in response to Celebration, and every other year,
the festival grew. Today, nearly every community in Southeast as well as Anchorage, the Seattle area, and Canada,
are represented by roughly two-thousand dancers in more
than fifty dance groups. During Celebration, workshops
on various aspects of traditional culture and history also
occur. Because SHI is the only major, region-wide organization dedicated to cultural preservation, its Board of Trustees has mandated that Celebration be dedicated solely
to honoring our traditional culture. Today, Celebration is
one of the largest events in the state. It’s broadcast live on
statewide television and streamed live on the internet.
In 1997, while continuing to honor the Institute’s mission statement, “To perpetuate and enhance the Tlingit,
Haida, and Tsimshian cultures,” the Trustees adopted language restoration as the foremost priority of the institute.
Few funds were available initially for this objective, but the
institute launched an aggressive effort to implement federal
initiatives and increase funding to support language restoration. Today, SHI sponsors and supports numerous language and culture programs across Southeast Alaska. The
institute also sponsors archival projects, historical research,
and new publications.
Sealaska Heritage Institute sponsors
a Toddler Regalia Review during
its biennial Celebration, a danceand-culture festival held every even
year in Juneau. Since its inception
in 1982, Celebration has grown into
one of the largest events in the state.
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Sealaska Corporation
Founding Sponsor of SHI
SEALASKA CORPORATION is a for-profit, regional Native
corporation founded under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971.
Sealaska is the founding sponsor of Sealaska Heritage
Institute, a Native nonprofit formed to perpetuate and
enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. Sealaska
Corporation established Sealaska Heritage Institute in 1980
to operate its educational and cultural programs.
Sealaska is owned by more than 20,000 tribal member
shareholders and guided by traditions of environmental
stewardship and positively impacting our communities.
Sealaska shareholders are legendary traders who
are deeply connected to the lands and have successfully
adapted to constantly changing environments and global
economies. They bring together the wisdom and foresight
of their combined heritage to create an enduring corporation that provides business opportunities, benefits, and
cultural strength for the people.
Today Sealaska is the largest private landowner and the
largest for-profit private employer in Southeast Alaska.
It is a diverse company with investments in forest products, construction aggregates, machining and fabrication,
environmental remediation, information technology, plastics injection molding and manufacturing, global logistics,
wood products, and financial markets.
Its status as a Minority Business Enterprise and Small
Disadvantaged Business adds to their strength as a government contractor and commercial diversity supplier.
OPPOSITE: Sealaska
Plaza. The headquarters
of Sealaska Corporation
is in Juneau, Alaska.
SEALASKA CORPORATION: FOUNDING SPONSOR OF SHI
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Social & Spiritual Balance
WOOCH YAX MUST BE MAINTAINED to ensure social and
spiritual harmony lest ill will goes wandering and causes
harm.
Wooch Yax governs:
• Interrelationships between Eagle and Raven clans
• Interrelationships between the Tlingit and others, including tribes, nations, and institutions
Wooch Yax includes Kaa yaa awuné or Respect for Others
and Át yaa awuné or Respect for All Things.
Wooch Yax requires that our People and our organizations
conduct business with Yán gaa doonéekw or “Dignity”—
realizing that everything has its rightful place and that all
action and business must be done with integrity.
OPPOSITE: Wooch Yax
graphic by Robert Davis
Hoffmann.
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SHI uses a technique called the Developmental Language
Process to instill academic terms and Native language into
students’ long-term memory. The process incorporates
games to make learning fun. It was field tested in 2009 at the
institute’s annual Latseen Leadership Camp.
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Bringing Balance
to Education
MANY NATIVE STUDENTS IN ALASKA graduate from high school and go on to have successful careers.
However, Native students struggle with
mandated tests and drop out of high school at
higher rates than non-Native students.
At Sealaska Heritage Institute, we believe
we know some of the reasons why, and in
2009, we published a major series of instructional materials that will help.
The Developmental Language Process
In 2009, the institute field-tested a teaching program called the Developmental Language Process. The institute in 2009 outlined
the process in a series of books, which were
field tested at SHI’s annual Latseen Leadership
Camp for high school students.
The books cover science, literature, and
math for high school, plus Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian languages for all grades.
The program is based on the premise that students
struggle in school—not because they don’t understand the
concepts—but because they don’t remember the words
used to describe the concepts. The words are not going into
long-term memory.
This philosophy was pioneered by SHI Education Director Jim MacDiarmid, author of the book Replacing Thing-ama-jig—The Developmental Language Process.
MacDiarmid recalls an incident that happened in Alaska
in 1990 that illustrates the problem.
“High school kids in grade eleven were asked to circle
the congruent shapes on a test. Ninety-eight percent of kids
Haida instructor Ben Young
checks on a student during a test.
The students on average received
high scores on the tests. Haida
language students on average
scored ninety-four percent.
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The institute’s developmental language
series released in 2009 includes exercises for science, literature, and math
(high school), and Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian languages (all grades). The
language materials include CDs with
audio of Native words and phrases.
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did not answer it correctly,” MacDiarmid said. “The teacher
said ‘I don’t understand it. It’s a simple concept.’ Had the
teacher said ‘Circle the shapes that are exactly the same,’
they would have got it right. It was not a math problem. It
was a language problem. They could not retrieve the meaning of the word congruent.”
The problem is, education today is predominantly
abstract—a new word is introduced, the teacher will write
it on the wall, tell kids what it means, then they’re into
reading and writing.
“Today’s education for the most part goes from abstract
to abstract,” he said.
Using Games to Instill Words into Long-Term Memory
The institute’s book series includes instructions on how
to make sure students remember academic terms. It relies
heavily on games and other fun exercises to engage the
students.
The process outlined in the books begins with listening—a teacher says a word and shows an image associated
with the word. Eventually, the students recite an academic
term when the teacher points to an image. The abstract
phases—reading and writing—are the last elements woven
into the process.
Staff evaluated students at its 2009 Latseen Leadership
Camp and students’ test scores were phenomenal. The
average score for Haida language students was ninety-four
percent, and the average for Tlingit language students was
eighty-nine percent, said MacDiarmid, noting the same success rates applied to science and literature students.
“Too bad school’s not really like this,” said student Cody
Allphin. “If it was, I think more people would be passing. It’s
easier to learn.”
“Kids are having fun while they’re learning,” said Haida
teacher Ben Young. “I think that’s why it’s so effective.”
The series is available through Sealaska Heritage Institute and at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
In this exercise, images representing
Native words or academic terms are
taped to a wall. The teacher says a
word, and the student uses a flashlight to identify the image associated
with the word. Often, two students
compete to identify the image first.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Joe and T.J. Young begin work on the
totem at the UAS campus; T.J. Young using an adze; Joe Young. The
artists are Sealaska shareholders who have carved other totems,
including a forty-foot pole for the Sitka National Historical Park
and a thirty-two foot crest pole for the Hydaburg Totem Park.
Bringing Balance
to Campus
SOUTHEAST NATIVE CULTURES are founded on balance.
For example, Tlingit people are divided into two moieties:
Raven and Eagle. One brings balance to the other. Traditionally, a person of Raven moiety was expected to marry
someone of the Eagle moiety, thus ensuring balance and
harmony.
In the 1990s, a Raven totem pole was raised at the
University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau. It was a
beautiful pole, but there was a problem—the Raven was
missing an Eagle.
“We have to have both an Eagle and Raven pole to have
social and spiritual balance,” said SHI President Rosita Worl.
In 2009, the institute managed a project to carve an
Eagle pole for the campus. Sealaska Corporation donated
a forty-five foot, red-cedar log, and a selection committee comprised of SHI and university representatives chose
brothers Joe and T.J. Young of Hydaburg to carve a thirty-six
foot totem.
Elders of the Aak’w Kwáan met with Wooch.éen, a
Native student club on campus, to identify the Eagle clan
crests to be featured on the totem. They wanted to give
special recognition to the Wooshkeetaan, an Eagle clan
from the Juneau area. The pole features Eagle to represent
all Eagle clans plus Shark, Wolf, and Thunderbird, with
Shark representing the Wooshkeetaan.
“But it’s more than just a Shark, it’s an anthropomorphic
figure signifying the students who are attending the university,” said Worl.
The pole will be raised on campus in 2010.
“It’s really nice to get an all-Eagle totem pole to complement the existing all-Raven totem pole,” said Aak’w Kwáan
Elder Marie Olson. “The Raven is going to be happy.”
Model of the
Eagle totem.
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Haa Shagóon:
Past, Present
& Future Generations
Honoring Our Ancestors
& Future Generations
WE MAINTAIN STRONG BONDS with our ancestors whom
we honor through our lives and in our ceremonies.
We also have responsibilities to our future generations, and
we must ensure that we protect our land and culture for
our children and grandchildren and those who will follow
them.
OPPOSITE: Haa Shagóon
graphic by Robert Davis
Hoffmann.
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The institute’s fourteen-book Haida
curriculum series was released in 2009
and distributed to public schools. It is
available at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
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Revitalizing the Languages of our Ancestors
for Future Generations
ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES of Sealaska Heritage Institute is the documentation and revitalization of the Tlingit,
Haida, and Tsimshian languages. Since the institute began
focusing on Native languages in the 1990s, some of its early
language students have gone on to teach Native languages
in public schools across Southeast Alaska, and many communities now have their own language programs.
We Document Native Languages
In 2009, the institute continued a multi-year effort to
document Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian and to compile the
most comprehensive dictionaries of the languages ever
published.
The dictionaries will be available in paperback books,
on CD-ROM, and on the Internet. The online and CD-ROM
versions will include audio of fluent speakers saying words
and phrases. All versions feature English to Native language
sections and Native language to English sections.
Many fluent Elders contributed to the dictionaries,
which are scheduled for release in 2010.
The institute in 2009 also continued an ongoing effort to
videotape casual conversations in Tlingit. The oral histories
project documents fluent speaker Clarence Jackson interviewing other fluent Elders in Tlingit.
We Create Tools for Language Students
Through our documentation efforts, the institute creates tools to teach Native languages. In 2009, SHI released a
major curriculum series for the Haida language in hopes of
weaving more Native lessons into the public school system.
The curriculum is a series of elementary-level, thematic
units featuring the Haida language, culture, and history.
It includes fourteen units and resources on topics such as
SHI’s new dictionaries are scheduled for release in 2010.
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Latseen Basketball Camp in Juneau. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Coach Ralph Wolfe
guides a student; A student uses a remote car
to drive to an image that depicts a Tlingit
word spoken by the teacher; Tlingit teacher
Jessica Chester says a Tlingit word and points
to an image that represents the word.
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beach, cedar, sea mammals, and salmon.
It includes CDs with Haida audio. The
series was distributed to public schools
that offer language programs and posted
on the institute’s website for download
by teachers. The Haida audio also may be
played on the Internet.
SHI also regularly creates online,
interactive language tools. In 2009, the
institute posted an interactive tool that
teaches Tlingit words for basketball terms.
We Teach Native Languages
Our approach to teaching Native languages is simple:
we make it fun! One way we do this is by integrating Native words into basketball—a popular sport in Alaska.
In 2009, SHI sponsored its third annual Latseen
Basketball Camp for kids in Juneau, Yakutat, and Kake.
Almost one hundred kids attended.
Staff assessed students to determine how much their
language skills improved during the camps and found on
average students improved by fifty-seven percent.
“It’s fun,” said student Isaiah James John. “They have
lots of drills, and you learn Tlingit.”
This online, interactive language tool
teaches kids how to say basketball
terms in Tlingit. SHI’s interactive
language tools are available at
www.sealaskaheritage.org in the
language resources section.
We Teach Others to Document and Teach Languages
The institute sponsored the following language workshops in 2009:
• Language documentation and videography
• Language workshop in Ketchikan
• Heritage language development workshop
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Richard Wood Collection. TOP: This photo depicting Tlingit regalia and military uniforms is inscribed “Interior of Capt. Jakes house, Killisnoo”. By Frank La Roche, circa
1900; RIGHT: Inscribed “Jan-clet-jah, a Yakutat Native”. By Case and Draper, circa
1900 ABOVE: Auk village with houses and canoes. By William Partridge, 1886.
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Caring for our Past
for Future Generations
THE INSTITUTE OPERATES a Special Collections Research
Center which houses more than 5,000 publications, approximately 35,000 photographic images, roughly 1,000 cultural
objects, nearly 3,500 audiovisual recordings, and more than
1,000 linear feet of manuscript material that document the
history, culture, heritage, and language of the Tlingit, Haida,
and Tsimshian people.
2009 Banner Year for Photographs
In 2009, the institute’s photograph collection grew by
more than 3,500 images, thanks largely in part to a donation by photojournalist Brian Wallace of Juneau.
The Wallace collection includes several hundred images
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and Alaska Native
Sisterhood (ANS) taken from 1965 to 1995. He made the
donation in memory of his late parents, Dorothy (Natstklaa)
and Amos L. (Jeet Yaaw Dustaa) Wallace.
“Both my parents were lifetime members of the ANB
and ANS respectively. They devoted most of their lives fighting for Alaska Native rights. By donating all the photos of
the ANB and ANS to Sealaska Heritage Institute, I wish to
honor their memory and accomplishments, as well as the
other ANB/ANS Elders past and present,” Wallace said.
SHI also acquired twenty historical images dating between 1883 and 1941 from collector Richard Wood. One of
the more unusual photos shows a display of Tlingit regalia
and American military uniforms, which were adopted as
crests by several clans for debts owed to the Tlingit by the
United States Navy.
Brian Wallace Collection. From
left: Percy Hope, Joanne Riley, Ole
Olsen, and Ed Halverson. ANB/
ANS Grand Camp Convention in
Juneau, 1983.
SHI Library, Collections Go Online
In 2009, the institute posted a searchable catalog of its
archival collections on the Internet, a major breakthrough
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In 2009, the institute acquired 750 additional books,
including four rare books. Some of the books include
drawings of Native life. The top photo caption reads
“Chilcat (sic) woman sewing, with her babe leaning
against the wall. From a drawing by Mrs. Willard.”
that will help researchers easily identify the
types of materials the institute houses.
The institute also began adding its
book collection to the local library consortium’s searchable database, making it the
only private library to do so. The projects
are part of an effort to foster greater scholarship on the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian
cultures of Southeast Alaska, said SHI
Archivist Zachary Jones.
“There’s a lot of opportunity for study
because some aspects are unstudied.
There are a lot of dated studies that need
to be revised, and it’s only by looking at
these fresh sources that people can get the
information to rewrite history,” Jones said.
Before the archival catalog went online,
people had to physically go to the institute’s Special Collections Research Center
in Juneau to peruse it. The change, funded
by a grant from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services, allows people to search and view the
catalog online. The databases are available in “Collections”
at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
SHI also acquired four rare books in 2009—the oldest
dating to 1798. Some of them were written and illustrated
by tourists in the 1800s, when it was common for visitors to
publish their travel accounts as books. Some of the books
also include illustrations of Native life and old photos taken
in Southeast Alaska.
The late Tlingit leader Judson
Brown, who was a Killer Whale
from Haines. Painting by Herbert
“Herb” Kawainui Kane.
Old Recordings Dubbed to CD
In 2009, the institute dubbed to CD thirteen audio cassettes of oral histories recorded by the late Tlingit leader
Judson L. Brown. The project means the public now has
access to the recordings, which comprise one of the institute’s best oral history collections. SHI also acquired 1,750
additional audio recordings.
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Haa Latseen: Our Strength
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Strength of Body,
Mind, & Spirit
THE “WAY OF THE WARRIORS” PATH is to achieve physical
and inner strength. Above all, young men and women are
taught to protect and to care for their families and clans.
They are taught to seek truth and knowledge and to adapt
to changing times while maintaining the integrity of our
ancient values.
OPPOSITE: Haa Latseen graphic
by Robert Davis Hoffmann.
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Students who attend the institute’s Latseen Leadership
Camps learn about their heritage and history during the
two-week program in Juneau. They also learn how to
introduce themselves in the traditional way.
Strengthening
our Future Leaders
THE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS higher education through its annual Latseen Leadership Camps and through annual scholarship awards. The Tlingit word Latseen
translates to “strength” and refers to
strength of body, mind, and spirit.
Camp Draws Forty Students
The institute’s fifth annual camp drew
forty high school students and Sealaska
interns from across the region.
The goal is to cultivate the art of leadership through
camp activities and coursework which are based on traditional and scientific knowledge.
“This is for young people—to teach them the skills they
will need as they assume leadership roles and to learn that
leaders serve their communities. They learn who they are,
their place in the Native community, and why it’s important
to get a higher education,” said SHI President Rosita Worl.
Students attend classes on topics such as Native languages, oratory, Native art, and Native culture and history.
They also participate in exercises such as butchering seals
—a traditional food—and basketball games.
“I can’t believe this opportunity—it’s so awesome,” said
student Heather Biehl. “I feel closer to my culture.”
Every year, Latseen Leadership students learn how to prepare a seal, an
important traditional food.
SHI Distributes $446,000 in Sealaska Scholarships
The institute awarded approximately $446,000 in
scholarships to Sealaska shareholders and descendants in
2009. The awards, funded by Sealaska Corporation, helped
students pursuing graduate and undergraduate degrees
and voc-tech training. A portion also helped fund heritage
studies, language studies, and culture camps.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: in 2009, SHI supported a ku.éex at Glacier
Valley Elementary School; The cast of Kóoshdaa kaa takes a final bow;
A child participating in a ku.éex supported by the institute.
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Strength in
Knowing Who We Are
THE INSTITUTE SPONSORS programs to perpetuate Native
art, to teach Native cultures in schools, and to educate the
public about Native cultures.
SHI Supports a Ku.éex
In 2009, the institute supported a ku.éex at Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau. The event is spearheaded
by semi-fluent Tlingit language learner and teacher Hans
Chester. The goal is to teach Native and non-Native students about formal ku.éex (a ceremony sometimes called
a potlatch). Nearly ninety children participated, including
students from Harborview Elementary.
SHI Sponsors Performing Arts
SHI in 2009 sponsored a theater production of Kóoshdaa kaa, which was based on a Native story. The summer
play was performed by young actors and produced in partnership with Perseverance Theatre.
Sealaska has commissioned and funded a play for the
past five years through the Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous (STAR) program.
Tlingit leader Byron Mallott giving a lecture on the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)
for the institute’s November lecture
series sponsored in 2009.
SHI Sponsors November Lecture Series
SHI sponsored a lecture series in November for Native
American Heritage Month. The series included lectures
about Native cultures, languages, and history by nine
people, including Tlingit leader Byron Mallott, authors Richard and Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Haida linguist Dr. Jordan
Lachler, historian Wally Olson, author Daniel Lee Henry,
University of Alaska professor Jeane Breinig, and Ethel Lund
and Selina Everson, who share a long history of public service with the Alaska Native Sisterhood.
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Art exhibited at the institute’s most recent Juried
Art Show in Juneau.
SHI Perpetuates Native Art
The Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people have
a history of creating incredible works of art (called
haa at.óowu in Tlingit). Their work rivals the best
pieces found in any museum.
One of the goals at Sealaska Heritage Institute
is to perpetuate Native art forms and formline,
and to ensure endangered art traditions are
passed to future generations.
SHI in 2009 sponsored the following art workshops:
• Alaska Native Art by Donald Gregory
• Formline Design by Steve Brown
• Wood Carving for C.H.O.I.C.E. by Donald
Gregory
The institute also continued operation of Jinéit, a Native
art store in Juneau that opened in 2008. Through Jinéit, the
institute purchases Native art directly from the artists.
In 2009, the institute continued to operate a Native
art website at www.alaskanativeartists.com. The site was
launched to give artists a virtual market for their work and
to ensure customers were getting authentic Native art.
All artists on the website are screened to ensure they are
enrolled tribal members. Eighty percent of all proceeds go
to the artists.
The institute also sponsors a biennial Native Artist Market and a Juried Art Show and Competition during Celebration, a dance-and-culture festival held every even year by
Sealaska Heritage Institute. Celebration also encourages the
production of hundreds of new regalia.
A student artist shows a paddle
she made during an art class by
Donald Gregory sponsored by
Sealaska Heritage Institute.
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Haa Aaní: Our Land
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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE
Honoring & Utilizing
Our Land
OUR ANCESTORS, WHO HAVE LIVED in this land for more
than 10,000 years, taught us that everything has a Spirit.
When we utilize our resources, we must acknowledge the
Spirits of the Land, Sea, and Air and tell them the benefits
that their use will bring to our People.
Our ancestors protected the ownership of our land for their
children and grandchildren just as we must do for future
generations.
OPPOSITE: Haa Aaní graphic
by Robert Davis Hoffmann.
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The institute’s Tlingit Wood Carving series was published in 2009 and is available through
Sealaska Heritage Institute.
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Trees on the Land
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, NATIVE PEOPLE have utilized
the trees in Southeast Alaska for canoes, houses, and ceremonial objects. The forest provided the raw materials for
clans’ at.óowu (sacred objects).
When Westerns arrived, they denounced Native art as a
manifestation of pagan religions and sought to suppress it.
Today, there are only a few Native artists producing museum-quality carvings.
“What I’m worried about is that this will be eventually
lost, and then it will have to be picked up and reinterpreted,” said Tlingit artist Richard A. Beasley. “We don’t want to
pass that hurdle on to our future generations.”
In an effort to perpetuate the techniques that make Tlingit art Tlingit, the institute in 2009 released Tlingit Wood
Carving, a three-volume series written by Beasley. In the
series, Beasley reveals how to make a Tlingit tray, hat, and
mask from wood. He also shows how to make Tlingit paint
and paintbrushes and how to inlay abalone and operculum
into wood.
The books are unique because the projects are broken
down into detailed steps and each step includes a color
photo. The institute published the books to help aspiring
artists who don’t have access to teachers.
“I think an aspiring artist is going to be able to take this
book and go through the step-by-step process and produce a good quality object,” said Worl, noting teachers
also may use the series as a curriculum.
“I haven’t seen any book out there that gives all
the hints, the tricks, and the secrets that I know,”
Beasley said. “And I’m willing to share them with
everybody.”
The project was funded through a grant from
the Administration for Native Americans.
Southeast Alaska—the ancestral homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian.
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Native Claims to the Land
THE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS PROJECTS that study and protect Native land and explore Native uses of the land and its
resources.
SHI Sponsors Study of Native Land Claims Act
In 1971, President Richard Nixon signed into law the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the largest land claims
settlement in United States history.
The act, known as ANCSA, created twelve regional Native corporations (a thirteenth was added later) and more
than two-hundred local village corporations across the
state. Almost one billion dollars was distributed to the
corporations, which were authorized to select forty-four
million acres of land.
The settlement was revolutionary and a complete
departure from Lower 48 Native land settlements, which
established reservations.
In 2009, the institute launched a study to evaluate
whether the ANCSA corporate model was successful in integrating cultural values into modern corporations.
“Have we been successful in terms of implementing this
new model that both Native people and Congress wanted?”
queried SHI President Rosita Worl.
Worl, an anthropologist, and Dr. Tom Thornton conducted numerous interviews in 2009 with Native people who
helped to secure the land claims settlement.
Two Researchers Partake in SHI’s Visiting Scholars Program
The institute in 2009 sponsored visiting scholar Daniel
Strong, who conducted research on subsistence activities
on the land. SHI also sponsored visiting scholar Swapna
Mukhopadhyay, who conducted research on woven basketry and was particularly intrigued by the mathematical skills
required to weave Native baskets.
FROM TOP: Harvey B. Marvin,
Marlene Johnson, Clarence Jackson
and other Native people in 2009
consented to interviews about the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act of 1971.
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Summary Financial Statement—Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009 (compiled from audited report)
Unrestricted
Revenues, Gains and Other Support
Contributions and Grants
Sales, Dues and Fees
Total Investment Income/(Loss)
Net assets released from restriction
Total Revenues and Gains
Expenses/Restriction Releases
Program Services
Support Services
Management and General
Resource Development
Total Expenses/Related
Increase in Net Assets
Net Assets, December 31, 2008
Endowments
Other Net Assets
Total Net Assets, December 31, 2008
Net Assets, December 31, 2009
Endowments
Other Net Assets
Total Net Assets, December 31, 2009
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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE
Temporarily
restricted
2,915,408
110,863
10,856
39,651
182,388
823
(39,651)
3,076,778
143,560
1,676,329
1,137,550
140,604
2,954,483
-
122,295
143,560
86,764
1,747,471
1,747,471
86,764
1,869,766
47,662
182,662
1,869,766
230,324
Financials
Permanently
restricted
Total
3,097,796
110,863
11,679
-
-
Sources of Funds FY 2009 Revenue
4%
Contributions
and Grants
3,220,338
96%
Total Investment
Income/(Loss)
1,676,329
1,137,550
140,604
-
2,954,483
-
265,855
100,000
91,000
186,764
1,838,471
191,000
2,025,235
100,000
91,000
147,662
2,143,428
191,000
2,291,090
Sales, Dues
and Fees
Expenses by Function
20%
Program
Services
5%
75%
Management
and General
Resource
Development
FINANCIALS
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OUR DEAR FRIEND, JOHNNY MARKS or K’oox of the Lukaax.ádi Clan, Walked into the
Forest on September 28, 2009. His death leaves a big gap in Sealaska Heritage Institute.
He was deeply loved and respected by SHI staff members.
Johnny was raised as an aan yadí or noble person steeped in the knowledge of Tlingit
culture. Although he is most widely known for his work on the Tlingit language, his deep
knowledge and understanding of Tlingit culture was unsurpassed. He added to his traditional knowledge that he had gained from Elders by reading books on Tlingit culture and
listening to tape recordings of Tlingit ceremonies and story telling. When he talked about
our ancient culture and history, it was as if he had actually lived in those days. More
importantly, he willingly shared his knowledge with staff members of SHI. We mourn his
passing, but we honor his contributions that will benefit Tlingit People for centuries to
come.
As I write this, SHI is hosting a Forty-Day Party for Johnny as his spirit leaves us. We
are forever richer because he walked on this land.
—Rosita Worl, Yeidiklas’okw, Kaa haní
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SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE
Staff, Trustees, & Scholars
Staff
Dr. Rosita Worl, President
Linda Belarde, Curriculum Specialist
Jacob Dutton, Finance Associate
Sarah Dybdahl, Cultural Projects Coordinator
Kathy Dye, Media and Publications Director
Carmaleeda Estrada, Development Associate
Lola Foss, Finance & Human Resources Director
Donald Gregory, Administrative Assistant
Megan Gregory, Project Assistant
Rick Huteson, Archival Associate
Zachary Jones, Archivist
Lee Kadinger, Chief of Operations/Development Director
David Katzeek, Tlingit Language Specialist
Dr. Jordan Lachler, Sociolinguist
Deena LaRue, Scholarship Administrator
Jim MacDiarmid, Education Director
Michael Obert, Administrative Assistant
Rico Worl, Research Associate
Board of Trustees
Dr. Walter Soboleff, Chair
Dr. Marlene Johnson, Vice Chair
Joe Nelson, Secretary
Nancy Barnes
Dr. Jeane Breinig
Clarence Jackson
Dr. Ethel Lund
Robert Martin
Mike Miller
Council of Traditional Scholars
Clarence Jackson, Chair
Ken Grant
Joe Hotch
David Katzeek
Herman Kitka
George Ramos
Dr. Walter Soboleff
STAFF, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, & COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL SCHOLARS
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