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Alutiiq Bul Spring13.Indd Alutiiq Museum Bulletin Vol 17, No.4, Spring 2013 Haakanson to Leave Alutiiq Museum Sven Haakanson, Jr. joined the Alutiiq Museum in 2000, fresh from groundwork laid for this next stage and I look forward to helping. I also graduate school and ready to connect Kodiak with its Alutiiq heritage. plan to partner with the museum on future research and teaching projects, Now, after many remarkable successes at the helm, Haakanson is preparing but my next step will be to take our work to a broader audience. Th e to step down. During his tenure the museum created a series of annual Alutiiq Museum’s work is an example of community transformation that arts workshops in Alutiiq villages, developed an exhibit of rare Alutiiq needs to be shared. Museums and Native peoples in other communities ceremonial masks, completed a comprehensive study of the Cape Alitak can learn from our successful experiences to create a brighter future for petroglyphs, published books making Alutiiq culture and language more indigenous peoples everywhere.” accessible to the public, and earned accreditation. To honor Haakanson’s service, the museum is creating a send off “Th e past 13 years have been wonderful,” said Haakanson. “I was very scrapbook. Colleague, friends, supporters, and family members are invited lucky to start my career as an anthropologist in my home community. I to stop by the museum and write Haakanson a note, share a favorite photo, came back to Kodiak with a Ph.D. and a strong desire to see Alutiiq heritage or draw him a picture. Take a moment to record your favorite memory of awakened. With the help of the museum’s talented staff , we’ve been able to working with Sven. If you live far from Kodiak, send us a note by mail, fax create programs and resources that have reintroduced Alutiiq traditions. (907-486-7048), or email ([email protected]) and we’ll include Kodiak has changed in the past decade. Th e community better recognizes the it in the scrapbook. Th e public is also invited to a farewell potluck on value of Native traditions, and people of all heritages are learning about our Tuesday, June 25th, in the museum’s lab. ancestors’ world. Today Alutiiq culture is recognized and celebrated in a way that it was not when I was a child growing up in Old Harbor.” Haakanson’s departure comes as the Alutiiq Museum embarks on a major long-range planning eff ort to chart the organization’s next decade. Haakanson will participate in the process before leaving his post June 25th. In the coming months, the museum’s capable staff will shepherd its many programs as the search for a new director takes place. “Th is is the right time for me to move on,” said Haakanson. “When I arrived in 2000, the museum needed to enhance its programs and advance community awareness of Alutiiq culture. We’ve done that. When I look around Kodiak I see Alutiiq heritage in so many places. I know the museum will continue this work, but now it is time for the organization to create a self-sustaining future. Th e next director faces the challenges of building an endowment and updating critical facilities. Th ere is very good Film Debut Sven examines artifacts in the museum laboratory. Anchorage – May 12th, 2013, 1:30 pm, Mothers Day Celebration, Alaska Native Heritage Center Kodiak – May 18th, 2013, 7:00 pm, Alutiiq Museum Gallery In 2011, Alutiiq weavers journeyed to St. Petersburg, Russia with Sven Haakanson to view ancestral baskets collected by Russian traders. Join Haakanson for the Kodiak debut of a short fi lm – Sharing Alutiiq Stories: weaving our past into our present - that highlights this journey and the history of Alutiiq basket weaving. Haakanson will introduce the 26-minute fi lm produced by the Alutiiq Museum, WonderVisions, Shared Beringia Heritage Program—National Park Service, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Alaska Humanities Forum. 1 Quyanaa – Thank you. Th ese simple words do not seem large enough. I fi nd Alutiiq Museum it diffi cult to adequately express my gratitude to all the Archaeological Repository people who supported me as Executive Director of the 215 Mission Road, Suite 101 Alutiiq Museum. My years in Kodiak have been rich, fi lled Kodiak, Alaska 99615 Phone: 907-486-7004 Fax: 907-486-7048 with rare opportunities to learn about Alutiiq heritage, email: [email protected] represent our people, and share our ancestors’ talents. It www.alutiiqmuseum.org has been a true pleasure to work for the museum and AAlutiiqlutiiq HHeritageeritage FFoundation:oundation: I thank the many, many people and organizations that Chair: Open have made this work possible–funders, collaborators, Vice Chair: Margaret Roberts, Koniag, Inc. colleagues, friends, and family. Secretary: Donene Tweten, Natives of Kodiak, Inc. Treasurer: Perry Eaton, Ouzinkie Native Corp. I am particularly grateful to the Alutiiq Heritage Board Member: Jay Baldwin, Leisnoi, Inc. Foundation for the trust they placed in me. Museums are Board Member: Margie Bezona, KANA Board Member: Fred Coyle, Akhiok-Kaguyak, Inc. complicated organizations with unique opportunities and Board Member: Tanya Inga, Old Harbor Native Corp. challenges. Th ey are educational institutions, businesses, Board Member: Loretta Nelson, Afognak Native Corp. and repositories rolled into one. I am grateful for the Board Member: Gordon Pullar, at large Board Member: Andy Teuber, KANA guidance and encouragement of the museum’s directors, and for the assistance of the organization’s governing AAlutiiqlutiiq MMuseumuseum SStaff:taff: corporations. Together we developed a repository in Executive Director: Sven Haakanson, Jr. which the Alutiiq people can have great pride. Deputy Director: Amy Steffi an Museum Manager: Katie St. John Th e work of the museum I share with its talented staff . Curator: Patrick Saltonstall Registrar: Marnie Leist Th is group of dedicated people believes in the museum’s Exhibits Coordinator: Jill Lipka mission and work exceptionally hard to advance it every Language Program Manager: April Laktonen Counceller day. Th ey are my colleagues and I thank them for their Public Outreach Coordinator: Danielle Ringer Store Manager: Marya Halvorsen creativity, perseverance, and candor. Th e museum’s Th e Alutiiq Museum is governed by Afgonak Native Corporation, accomplishments belong to them as well. Akhiok Kaguyak Inc., KANA, Koniag Inc., Leisnoi Inc., Natives of Kodiak Inc., Old Harbor Native Corporation, and Ouzinkie Native Th e museum also belongs to our community. Your Corporation. Each organization elects a representative to the Alutiiq Heritage Foundation, the Alutiiq Museum’s board. Funding is provided memberships, collection loans, participation in programs, by charitable contributions, membership fees, grants, contracts and sales and interest in the Alutiiq world have all helped the from the museum store. museum prosper. Now I challenge you to keep the ALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT: Th e Alutiiq Heritage Foundation, through the Alutiiq Museum and museum’s work alive. A change in leadership does not Archaeological Repository, preserve the traditions of the Alutiiq people alter the work we need to do. Please continue to preserve and promotes greater awareness of the rich cultural legacy of the indigenous peoples of the greater Gulf of Alaska region. Our collections and share our ancestor’s culture. Visit. Give. Collaborate. are held in a repository that is accessible to the public. We encourage and I plan to do all of these things. support research on Alutiiq culture history, and disseminate the results of this research to the public through educational outreach, exhibits, special events, publications, and scholarly presentations. Tang’rciqamken camiku – I will see you soon, Tax ID #92-0150422 Sven Haakanson, Jr. Th e Alutiiq Museum Bulletin is published quarterly. Printed by Camai Printing CCall-ertuq.all-ertuq. HHee iiss ccalling.alling. 2 EEducationducation A Parka in Pieces Two caribou skins are making their way around Kodiak, traveling to rural schools as part of the New Sewers’ Club. Th ese hides are the raw material for a child’s sized parka that is literally stitching the island together. Students across the archipelago are making the garment as part of an eff ort to awaken skin sewing in artists of all ages. At each school, master sewer Susan Malutin provides instruction, teaching students to sew leather and create a decorated bag. While they work, students also take turns adding stitches to the parka, which will become part of the museum’s collection. Akhiok students sewed the neck. Larsen Bay students added the front and back panels. In Old Harbor, students sewed on the sleeves. Port Lions and Ouzinkie students stitched the sides together. Th e fi nal step will be decoration, an intensive process scheduled for a weekly sewing circle starting in September. Th e project began in February 2013 when Executive Director Sven Haakanson, Jr. and Malutin traveled to Finland with four developing sewers. With Cathy Cordry, Marya Halvorsen, Hanna Sholl, and Teri Schneider, the team spent a week studying ancestral clothing and now they are sharing their knowledge in Kodiak. “Th e New Sewers’ Club is helping us grow the next generation Photo: First Place Kulich loaf by Jolene Eluska of Alutiiq skin sewers,” said Haakanson. “Th e trip to Finland and sewing opportunities around Kodiak are placing cultural knowledge back with our people. Th ey are also creating ties for support and Kulich-Off mentorship.” Butter, sugar, fl our, and eggs, and a host of secret additions, Funding for the project came from many places including a grant were the ingredients for the Alutiiq Museum’s fi rst ever Kulich- from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and gifts from off , a baking challenge featuring Easter bread. Th e contest was the Fulford Family, Kodiak Island Borough School District Enliven part of a grand reopening celebration held to mark the successful Program, Port Lions Tribal Council, Larsen Bay Tribal Council, Kodiak renovation of the museum’s gallery.
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