SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
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Cover: Strengthen Yourself by Robert Davis Hoffmann.
Design and composition by Kathy Dye.
PHOTO CREDITS Page 4: Sealaska Plaza by Kathy Dye, George Davis photo courtesy of Sealaska; page 7: by Scott Areman; pages 9–14: by Brian Wallace; page 15: by Christy Eriksen; pages 16–17: by Kathy Dye; page 18: Chilkat Apron by Brian Wallace, Raven Bowl by Kathy Dye; page 19: by Brian Wallace; page 20: shakee.át with feathers courtesy of Archie Cavanaugh, shakee.át sans feath- ers by Kathy Dye; page 21: group photo by Kathy Dye, language workshop by Daphne Wright; pages 22–23 by Christy Eriksen; pages 24–27 by Kathy Dye; page 29: by Christy Eriksen; page 30: by Kathy Dye; page 31: Delores Churchill by Brian Wallace, group photo by Christy Eriksen; page 32: by Christy Eriksen; pages 33–34: renderings by MRV Architects; page 45: by Mark Kelley; page 53–54: by Brian Wallace.
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2 3 Contents
About Sealaska Heritage Institute • 5
President’s Message • 7
Programs Celebration 2012 • 9 Art • 15 Education • 21 Archives and Research • 27 Walter Soboleff Center• 33
Donors • 35
Financials • 45
Boards and Staff • 51
Awards • 53
2 3 ABOVE: SHI OPERATES FROM OFFICES AT SEALASKA PLAZA IN JUNEAU, ALASKA. LEFT: GEORGE DAVIS AT THE SEALASKA ELDERS CONFERENCE IN 1980.
4 5 About SHI
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is a regional Native nonprofit 501(c)(3) founded in 1980.
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 Kichnáal( x—Lk’aanaaw) 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 Sealaska, the regional Native corporation serving Southeast Alaska. In response, Sealaska founded SHI to operate cultural and educational programs.
SHI’s mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. Our goal is to promote cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding.
4 5 “STRENGTHEN YOURSELF” BY ROBERT DAVIS HOFFMANN.
6 7 Haa Latseen—Our Strength
The Walter Soboleff Center began as a seed of an idea in the 1990s. In recent years, the center has been on a fast track for construction. And as I write this, we hope to break ground in the next year on our $20,000,000 cultural facility in Juneau. When I look back on 2012, I am humbled by the generosity of the people who gave us funding—much of it for the center but also for our programs. We raised almost $11,000,000 in 2012 through grants, donations, and appropriations—that is by far the largest amount we’ve ever amassed in a single year. The people of Juneau in 2012 SHI PRESIDENT ROSITA WORL. voted on a measure to appropriate $3,000,000 toward the center, and that triggered major funding from private groups, such as the Rasmuson Foundation and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Our small staff believes in the center so much that they alone have donated more than $7,000 toward it. And there is one donor I will never forget. One day last year, an impoverished man came to me, pulled a dollar from his pocket, and said “I have no money. But I want to donate this dollar toward the Walter Soboleff Center.” The generosity of this man, who didn’t even have a home, astounded me. I think our great Tlingit leader, the late Walter Soboleff, would be proud to know of the groundswell of support for the building that is named for him. Sealaska Heritage Institute draws funding from donors, but our programs are an economic boon to others as well. Last year we commissioned a study by the McDowell Group that found the economic impact of Celebration 2012 on Juneau was $2,000,000! We knew it benefited the capital city but that was the first time we had quantified it, and we were surprised to learn the dollar amount was that high. We also expanded our art program in 2012 to include a Jinéit Art Academy and our Sustainable Art Program to teach formline design and old art
6 7 traditions such as skin sewing. And we continued our ongoing advocacy to protect the rights of Native artists to use traditional materials in their work. One high profile example last year came when the award-winning Tlingit artist Archie Cavanaugh faced a huge fine and potential prison time for trying to sell Tlingit art adorned with feathers of federally-protected birds. SHI is now working with Alaska’s delegation in Congress to ensure that in the future no Native artist goes through the ordeal that Archie suffered. In 2012, we published a landmark atlas documenting more than three thousand Native place names in Southeast Alaska. Nearly twenty years in the making, Haa Léelk’w Hás Aaní Saax’ú: Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land, is the most comprehensive study of its kind. We also continued to build our collections last year, and one of the most important additions came through a Sealaska shareholder. Brian Wallace, son of the late carver Amos Wallace, donated his father’s collection of drawings and historic photographs and papers to SHI. This remarkable collection includes his original sketches, which art students will now be able to study. In 2012, nearly 8,000 people participated in SHI’s events, and the economic impact of SHI’s programs on people outside the institute was more than $3,000,000. I will look back on 2012 as a banner year for Sealaska Heritage Institute. But, we couldn’t have done it without the hundreds of people who rallied behind our cause—not only our donors but the many volunteers who gave their time to bring our programs to fruition. Haa Latseen is one of our core cultural values. And the people who stand behind us are our strength. Haa Latseen. Our Strength.
—Rosita Worl, President SCAN TO WATCH A YEAR-IN-REVIEW VIDEO!
8 9 Celebration 2012
The year 2012 marked the thirtieth anniversary of Celebration—a major dance-and-culture festival that celebrates the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska and other Native groups that join us each time we sponsor the event. SHI held the first Celebration in 1982 at the urging of Elders who wanted to honor and celebrate the survival of our culture. Today, Celebration is one of the largest events in the state. The 2012 festival drew almost six thousand people to Juneau while nearly five thousand people watched the live
broadcast online. CELEBRATION 2012. RAINBOW CREEK DANCERS PERFORMING AT The event included dance performances in CENTENNIAL HALL IN JUNEAU, ALASKA. several venues, a Native Art Market, a Juried Art Show and Competition, food contests, lectures, film screenings, a toddler regalia review, and a parade through the capital city. The lead dance group was Xudzidaa Kwáan Dancers of Angoon.
Effect of Celebration on Economy For the first time, SHI quantified the economic impact of Celebration. We knew it had a significant impact, as it draws people from outside Juneau and hotels are full during the event. But a study by the McDowell Group found the economic impact in 2012 was $2,000,000 during the four-day event. That figure is pretty impressive, said Bob Koenitzer, senior project manager for the McDowell Group. “That’s a lot of money coming into the community over a four-day period,” said Koenitzer, adding the figure actually is conservative because the study did
8 9 TODDLER REGALIA REVIEW. OPPOSITE: NATHAN JACKSON OF THE EAGLE/RAVEN DANCERS.
not factor in transportation to and from Juneau. This year’s Celebration drew 5,500 people who purchased tickets. Of the people who bought tickets, 3,300 were visitors from other areas of the state and from outside Alaska, the study found. The visitors generated $1,100,000 in new dollars to Juneau, said Koenitzer, noting that new-dollars to the community are very important. “Those dollars circulate through the community more times than money that’s already here. So these dollars create more jobs and additional spending in the community,” said Koenitzer, adding the visitors spent money on lodging, tourism activities, food and beverages, and lots of shopping. “The money that comes into Juneau through Celebration has a broad reach throughout the community.”
SCAN TO WATCH A The study also found Sealaska Corporation, Sealaska Heritage Institute, CLIP OF THE 2012 GRAND ENTRANCE! and Juneau residents spent an additional $300,000 on Celebration-related items and the event generated almost $100,000 in sales taxes and hotel bed taxes for the City and Borough of Juneau.
10 11 10 11 12 13 CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: GRAND ENTRANCE AT CENTENNIAL HALL, LEAD DANCE GROUP XUDZIDAA KWÁAN DANCERS, TINY DANCER. OPPOSITE: GIT HOAN DANCERS.
12 13 CELEBRATION 2012 INCLUDED ASSOCIATED EVENTS, INCLUDING A PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AND CONTESTS FOR THE BEST SOAPBERRIES AND BLACK SEAWEED.
SCAN TO WATCH SHI’S 2012 SOAP- BERRY CONTEST!
14 15 Art
In 2012, the institute vastly expanded its arts program to include many more workshops in more places across the region.
Skin Sewing Workshops SHI received a $450,000 grant from the State of Alaska to reintroduce the ancient art of skin-sewing throughout Southeast Alaska. The program will help to save a nearly lost art form, develop a cottage industry in rural communities, and help people more fully utilize a sustainable resource.
The multi-year project will allow SHI to build on DAVINA COLE, STUDENT OF SHI’S SKIN-SEWING WORKSHOP, its existing workshops to teach people how to make SHOWS MOCCASINS SHE MADE BY HAND. moccasins from skins by expanding into use of other types of hides and introducing other products. Approximately one hundred students will participate in this program.
Formline Workshops and Education SHI also received a $517,000 grant to teach formline, a term that describes the complex designs, such as ovoids and the split U, which are the underlying components of the distinctive Northwest Coast art. The three-year project, called the Jinéit (handmade) Art Academy, was developed at the urging of master artists who served as jurors in SHI’s Juried Art Show and Competition and members of the Native Artist Committee, a panel of master artists founded by SHI to guide the institute’s art programs. Since many students don’t have access to the traditional master-apprentice system of learning formline, a lot of our younger artists aren’t mastering those skills. The project aims to incorporate Native art classes into public schools by
14 15 collaborating with Native artists and K-12 teachers. The project, funded by a major grantor who prefers anonymity, will allow SHI to sponsor classes in ten communities across the region. In addition, the Alaska Humanities Forum gave SHI a $7,000 grant to develop a booklet that interprets formline. Members of the public frequently ask for assistance in understanding the designs—it’s one of the most common questions fielded by SHI and art and tourism organizations. The booklet,An Interpretive Guide to Northwest Coast Formline, will use illustrations and archival photos to explain basic formline elements and to clarify color usage and clan crests as proprietary intellectual property. The booklet will include a formline drawing for readers to interpret followed by an answer key. It will be available
NORTHWEST COAST ART EXPERT STEVE BROWN through SHI and the institute’s store, Jinéit. TEACHES A CLASS ON FORMLINE SPONSORED BY SHI Finally, SHI in 2012 sponsored a two-day workshop IN 2012. on formline for thirty students. Another 565 people have watched it online. It was taught by Northwest Coast art expert Steve Brown. The institute strongly encourages art students to watch the video of this class—which was documented in its entirety—at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
Gajaa Hít Project SHI in 2012 partnered with the Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority to replace some totems and refurbish a screen in downtown Juneau. The pieces, located at the Gajaa Hít building near the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall, include a Raven totem, Eagle totem, and a Raven-Eagle screen. SCAN TO WATCH SHI will raise funds to first replace the Raven totem, which is seriously A WORKSHOP ON FORMLINE deteriorated, and to later replace the Eagle totem and refurbish the screen. The TAUGHT BY STEVE BROWN! old Raven totem will be left in state adjacent to Gajaa Hít.
16 17 GAJAA HÍT. ABOVE, FROM LEFT: LEE KADINGER AND RICO WORL OF SHI; RICARDO WORL OF THRHA; MANDY MALLOTT OF THE JUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; MICALYNE KUNZ MCGHEE AND ED KUNZ, JR. RIGHT: RAVEN TOTEM AT GAJAA HÍT.
SHI will work with Ed Kunz, Jr., of the L’uknax.ádi Clan. Kunz has lived in the village all of his life and was involved in carving the original Raven pole at Gajaa Hít. He will serve as a major advisor on the project. The groups will also identify apprentices who can work on the carvings. Sealaska will donate the logs. In exchange for SHI’s contribution, the authority will allow the institute to use Gajaa Hít for some of its programs. The planning phase was funded in part by a grant from the Juneau Community Foundation.
Juried Art Show and Competition Pieces made by twenty-one Native artists were chosen for exhibit at SHI’s 2012 Juried Art Show and Competition. This biennial
16 17 2012 JURIED ART SHOW AND COMPETITION. ABOVE: CHILDREN EXAMINE “CHILKAT APRON” BY SHGEN “DOOTAN” GEORGE. RIGHT: BEST OF SHOW.
event is held in conjunction with Celebration and jurors select artwork based on the quality and integrity of Northwest Coast art formline and design. Jurors Nathan Jackson and Peter Corey chose Raven Bowl by Arthur B. Nelson for Best of Show. Archie J. Cavanaugh took first place in Northwest Coast Customary Art for his Ch’áak K’aa—Eagle Man Mask, and Harmony Hoss won first place for Northwest Coast Inspired Customary Art for her Beaver Purse. SHI awarded $6,000 in prizes to seven artists.
Expanding Markets SCAN TO WATCH 2012 JURIED ART SHI continued its study of the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2012 in an effort to SHOW AND COM- PETITION AWARDS expand the market for Northwest Coast Native art. CEREMONY! The ninety-year-old market has created enormous, worldwide demand for Southwest Native art, and some artists there make enough money during the
18 19 ARTISTS AT SHI’S 2012 NATIVE ARTIST MARKET, WHICH WAS MOVED TO SEALASKA PLAZA TO PUT THE EVENT CLOSER TO THE TOURIST DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN JUNEAU, ALASKA.
two-day market to support themselves for an entire year. In response, SHI moved its 2012 Native Artist Market—held during Celebration—from Juneau’s convention center to the parking lot of Sealaska Plaza. This move put the artists in the heart of downtown Juneau near the cruise ship docks, where thousands of tourists disembark. Similar to the Santa Fe market, artists sold their work under large canvas awnings. Although we are still learning how to best adapt the Santa Fe model to Southeast Alaska, the results were very encouraging, as some artists reported they sold out on the first day of the three-day market. SHI in 2012 also continued development of its Native art store, Jinéit, and its art website, jineit.com.
Advocacy The institute advocates on behalf of Native artists when their practice of ancient arts is challenged or prohibited by laws and regulations. One of our most high-profile cases in 2012 came when award-winning Tlingit artist Archie Cavanaugh faced a huge fine and substantial prison time for attempting to sell a Raven hat and headdress adorned with feathers from
18 19 BEFORE AND AFTER. LEFT: SHAKEE.ÁT (HEADDRESS) BY ARCHIE CAVANAUGH WITH FLICKER FEATHERS. RIGHT: SHAKEE.ÁT AFTER THE ARTIST WAS FORCED TO REMOVE THE FEATHERS.
federally protected birds. The use of feathers is an ancient practice and Archie did not know it was illegal to put them on pieces for sale. SHI was successful in securing a resolution from the Alaska Federation of Natives calling for a change to federal law to allow such usage, and staff is working with Alaska’s delegation in Congress to amend federal statutes. Staff in 2012 also worked to clarify how Native people can incorporate furs into products for sale. The Marine Mammal Protection Act limits sales to traditional arts and crafts but the definitions are vague. This has had a chilling effect on the Native arts market, as artists have feared prosecution for unknowingly violating the law. Staff worked to clarify the definitions through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and produced a booklet to give guidelines on current law.
20 21 Education
SHI works with universities, school districts, and other educational institutions to teach people about Southeast Alaska Native cultures and to promote cultural identity and cross-cultural understanding. In 2012, SHI signed a landmark
memorandum of agreement with the Juneau MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT SIGNING. FROM LEFT: RICHARD CAULFIELD, School District and the University of Alaska UAS PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE DEAN, SCHOOL OF CAREER EDUCATION; PATTY NEWMAN, THE DISTRICT’S DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND Southeast to increase the communication ASSESSMENT; LAURY SCANDLING, JUNEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT; JOHN PUGH, UAS CHANCELLOR; ROSITA WORL, PRESIDENT, and collaboration among the organizations. SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE; LEE KADINGER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, The organizations will work together SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE; AND JOE NELSON, SHI TRUSTEE AND UAS DEAN OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, ADMISSIONS. through the William G. Demmert Memorandum of Agreement to provide enhanced cultural, instructional, academic, and career placement opportunity for Juneau’s students. The agreement also will be used to support, design, implement, and sustain existing and new programs.
Language Workshops SHI sponsors workshops to revitalize the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages of Southeast Alaska. The workshops involve pairing fluent speakers with language students and educators who want to teach language classes. In 2012, SHI brought thirty-four people from across the region to Juneau to learn about teaching techniques, methods, and assessment. The presenters, Chrisann Justice and Beverly Hugo, shared their LANGUAGE WORKSHOP IN JUNEAU, 2012. Visual Inupiaq Vocabulary Acquisition (VIVA) computer learning modules with the class. They showed how assessment is built right into the computer program so that students can track their own progress and
20 21 LATSEEN HOOP CAMP. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES INSTRUCTION ON BASKETBALL AND NATIVE LANGUAGES.
teachers can see how the students are doing. In addition to the computer module, Justice taught a variety of language games. All participants played the games using the Tlingit language. In their closing remarks participants thanked Sealaska Heritage Institute for the opportunity to come together and work on language together.
Latseen Hoop Camps SHI also sponsored its annual Latseen Hoop Camps for almost sixty students in Craig, Yakutat, and Juneau in 2012. SHI developed the model for this program, which teaches Native languages through basketball. Students learn basketball techniques and the Native words for basketball phrases in these language habitats. Students were tested at the beginning and end of the program for proficiency on Tlingit words, and on average, their scores increased by 40 percent by the end of the program.
22 23 LATSEEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES INSTRUCTION ON NATIVE CULTURES AND LANGUAGES.
Latseen Leadership Academy SHI also sponsored its annual Latseen Leadership Academy in 2012. The goal of this one-week program is to teach students the art of leadership through the development of self-knowledge and
physical and spiritual strength. In a supportive learning LATSEEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY environment, students participate in cultural, artistic, TEST SCORES athletic, and academic activities.
At the camps, SHI also field-tests its curriculum and TEST AVERAGE tests students to measure the effectiveness of the materials. SCORE FINAL TEST SUBJECT CHANGE % SCORE % The 2012 academy included instruction in social studies,
math, and Tlingit and Haida languages. By the end of the SOCIAL 41% 88% program, students had improved by 41 percent in social STUDIES studies, 42 percent in math, 68 percent in Tlingit, and 73 percent in Haida. MATH 42% 94% Forty-eight junior high school students from across Southeast Alaska participated in SHI’s 2012 academy, TLINGIT 68% 84% which was held in Juneau at a remote camp. HAIDA 73% 85%
22 23 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM RELEASED BY SHI IN 2012.
Curriculum SHI develops curriculum to integrate Native culture, languages, and history into public school systems. In 2012, SHI released a three-volume set of materials to teach Alaska Native history and to help address a need for curriculum on Native studies. The curriculum, developed for grades six to eight, examines Alaska Native history from the Native worldview of creation through modern times and includes an extensive exploration of the landmark Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). It’s critical for students, the public, and policy makers to understand Alaska Native history and ANCSA, which was passed by Congress in 1971, said SHI President Rosita Worl. “During the last forty years, it’s had a profound effect on Alaska and Alaska Natives, both politically, economically, and even socially,” Worl said. The curriculum is based on Alaska performance standards and is available at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
24 25 HAROLD MARTIN AND THOMAS THORNTON AT A BOOK SIGNING FOR “HAA LÉELK’W HÁS AANÍ SAAX’Ú: OUR GRANDPARENTS’ NAMES ON THE LAND.”
Publications SHI in 2012 published a landmark book documenting more than three thousand Native place names and their locations in Southeast Alaska. Nearly twenty years in the making, Haa Léelk’w Hás Aaní Saax’ú: Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land, is the most comprehensive study of its kind. It was compiled by Dr. Thomas Thornton in collaboration with hundreds of people, including area tribes and Elders, under grants administered by Harold Martin through the Southeast Native Subsistence Commission and Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Many of the people who contributed to the book have since Walked Into The Forest, and if not for this research, the place names would have died with them. The vast majority of place names in the book are of Tlingit origin. But there are also Haida place names, and some Tsimshian, Eyak, Chugach, SCAN TO WATCH A and Athabaskan names. The chapters are organized by kwáan, traditional LECTURE ON “OUR GRANDPARENTS’ community territories which roughly correspond to modern community NAMES ON THE L A N D.” areas. Each chapter includes a narrative and concludes with a map showing
24 25 SHI’S DICTIONARIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN .PDF FORMAT FOR FREE ON WWW.SEALASKAHERITAGE.ORG
place name locations along with a table listing the Native names, translations, and locations. It was co-published by the University of Washington Press. The institute also made its Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian dictionaries available free of charge online. The books are the most comprehensive dictionaries ever produced for those languages. SHI made them available for free in an effort to escalate the pace of language revitalization and to allow students to access the books on their mobile devices.
Scholarships SHI administers a major scholarship program funded mostly by Sealaska Corporation. Awards are made annually and given to college and voc-tech students based on academic merit and class standing. In 2012, SHI awarded almost $410,000 in scholarships to Sealaska shareholders and descendants. Scholarships for university and voc-tech studies went to 327 Alaska Natives, and additional people received funding to participate in language and culture studies. SHI also made the third-ever Judson L. Brown Leadership Award from an endowment established in 2006 by a $100,000 donation from Chris and Mary McNeil. That award of $5,000 was given to Tory Shultz, who is pursuing a master’s degree in special education with an emphasis in early childhood.
26 27 Archives and Research
SHI houses rare books, historical photographs, audiovisual recordings, manuscript materials, and ethnographic and art objects that document the history, culture, heritage, art, and language of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. The collections are available to the public for educational and research purposes through on-site visits and SHI’s online searchable databases located at www.sealaskaheritage.org. SHI acquires its collections through donations and purchases. The institute also cares for art and clan at.óowu repatriated under federal law on behalf of clans. The institute employs a full-time, professional staff to care BOX OF KNOWLEDGE, AN OCCASIONAL PAPERS for its collections and to assist researchers. SHI also fosters SERIES LAUNCHED BY SHI IN 2012. research of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures.
Research SHI in 2012 launched a series of occasional papers on Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian studies in an effort to disseminate research more widely and to circulate work that has not been published. The series, Box of Knowledge, will include essays or reports by researchers working with the institute, contributions prepared by external experts, and work by staff. “There’s a whole range of information that just never gets published, and usually papers are written on issues that have immediate importance. We’ll be able to get that information out very quickly,” said SHI President Rosita Worl. The inaugural paper was written by SHI Archivist and Collections Manager Zachary Jones. Clan At.óowu in Distant Lands is an overview of Tlingit collections held by museums in Europe and Russia, and it includes photos of pieces that many people likely have not seen before.
26 27 KILLER WHALE DRAWING FROM THE AMOS WALLACE COLLECTION.
SHI also welcomed Christiane Rehn of Germany to its visiting scholars program last year. The program is for graduate students or professors engaged in research that advances knowledge of Tlingit, Haida or Tsimshian culture, language, arts, or history. Christiane is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at the University of Passau and is studying how Native artists and organizations such as SHI work together. Her research will be beneficial to our community in assessing how we can best support artists. In addition, SHI launched a project to document the little-known 1869 bombardment of Wrangell by the U.S. military.
Donations In 2012, the son of the late, master carver Amos Wallace donated his father’s collection of drawings and historical photographs and papers to SHI. The collection, donated by Brian Wallace, is a treasure trove of original drawings made by the famous artist as he was designing totem poles and other SCAN TO WATCH carvings destined for museums, universities, and private collections. AN INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN WAL- It is an extraordinary collection that SHI will be able to use to teach Tlingit LACE ON AMOS WALLACE AND THE designs to aspiring artists. AMOS WALLACE COLLECTION! “We always hear master artists telling younger artists that they should study older pieces, and in this case we have the actual drawings of an artist,”
28 29 SHI ARCHIVIST AND COLLECTIONS MANAGER ZACHARY JONES WITH RECORDINGS DONATED BY KSTK-FM.
said SHI President Rosita Worl. Amos was one of a few Native artists making Tlingit art in the mid- twentieth century. He is also known for an appearance he made on The Jack Paar Show—the precursor to The Tonight Show—to talk about Tlingit art. Another major collection was donated by KSTK-FM, which gave to SHI hundreds of audio recordings dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. The collection documents the history and events of the community of Wrangell through interviews and talk shows over the years, said SHI Archivist and Collections Manager Zachary Jones. “It’s especially great for Sealaska Heritage Institute because it documents a portion of the Native community—the community’s concerns, their culture, their language, their history, and their art. But the collection is also really important because it documents the wider community of Wrangell, not just the Native community, and that’s important, too,” Jones said. In 2012, an anthropologist who studied the City of Hydaburg and the Haida history and culture donated his field work and doctoral papers to SHI. Dan Vaughan, Ph.D., spent a decade working in Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island as a cultural anthropologist for the University of Washington from 1974 to 1984. During that time, he also did work on his dissertation,
28 29 which was a study of the Haida people in Hydaburg reaching back two-hundred years. The collection has important research value because it documents decisions people in Hydaburg have made over the last century. Nathan Jackson in 2012 donated his mother’s legendary Raven outfit to Sealaska Heritage Institute. His mother, Nancy Jackson, was known and loved for her “Raven Dance,” which is forever memorialized in a video of the first
DORICA JACKSON WATCHES AS HER HUSBAND, NATHAN JACKSON, DONATES HIS Celebration of 1982, and her cherished, MOTHER’S RAVEN OUTFIT TO SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE. tiny beaded figures. Nancy Walked Into The Forest in 2012. Nancy, whose Tlingit name was Jigawdu.oo, was of the Lukaax.ádi clan and the Raven House in Haines.
Outreach SHI once again sponsored an annual legislative reception for state lawmakers, staff, and friends. The reception included an exhibit titled eeY wakshiyeex’ áyú haa leelk’w has ádi kawdik’éet’ / Our grandparents’ things have come out for you to see. It showcased the dimensions of Tlingit art in Tlingit life historically and through modern times. SHI also continued its internship program and in 2012 welcomed intern Kelsey Potdevin to SHI. She worked as a collections management intern through a grant from the Alaska State Museum. SCAN TO WATCH VIDEO OF NANCY JACKSON’S FAMOUS RAVEN DANCE AT CELEBRATION!
30 31 ABOVE: MASTER HAIDA WEAVER DELORES CHURCHILL GIVING A LECTURE ON BASKETRY AT SEALASKA PLAZA. RIGHT, FROM LEFT: ED THOMAS, FREDA WESTMAN, ROSITA WORL, AND BILL MARTIN AT A LUNCHEON WHERE WORL GAVE A LECTURE ON HISTORIC BOMBARDMENTS BY THE U.S. MILITARY.
Lecture Series SHI in 2012 sponsored its annual lecture series to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. The series focused on Native art, as SHI has expanded its art program in recent years to assist artists and to teach the public about Native art. It included a talk by Steve Henrikson, curator of collections at the Alaska State Museum, entitled On the Origins and Diversity of Northern Northwest SCAN TO WATCH Coast Headgear; a talk by Delores Churchill, a master weaver and artist, LECTURE ON BASKETRY BY DELO- entitled Basketry and Alaska Native Art Revival; and a talk by Aldona Jonaitis, RES CHURCHILL! emeritus director at the Museum of the North, entitled Three Hundred Years of Tlingit Art. SHI President Rosita Worl also gave a lecture in honor of heritage month for the Tlingit Haida Central Council. Her talk was entitled Tlingit Law, American Justice, and the Destruction of Tlingit Villages. All of the lectures were videotaped and are available at www.sealaskaheritage.org.
SCAN TO WATCH ROSITA WORL’S LECTURE ON MILI- TARY BOMBARD- MENTS.
30 31 SCAN TO WATCH A LECTURE ON HEADGEAR BY STEVE HENRIK- SON!
SCAN TO WATCH A LECTURE ON TLINGIT ART BY TOP: STEVE HENRIKSON GIVING HIS LECTURE “ON THE ORIGINS AND DIVERSITY OF NORTHERN ALDONA JONAITIS! NORTHWEST COAST HEADGEAR. ABOVE: ALDONA JONAITIS GIVING HER LECTURE “THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF TLINGIT ART.”
32 33 Walter Soboleff Center
SHI is planning to build a new center named for the late spiritual leader Dr. Walter Soboleff, a Tlingit Native of the Raven, Dog Salmon Clan. Much of last year was spent raising funds for construction of the center, which will be located in downtown Juneau, Alaska.
Fundraising MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE WALTER SOBOLEFF CENTER. The year 2012 was a remarkable one for the Walter RENDERING BY MRV ARCHITECTS. Soboleff Center. The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly voted to include the center in an ordinance to fund city projects, and the people of Juneau voted to support it. That show of support triggered a $1,250,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation in Alaska and later led another major private foundation to make a significant contribution. The Alaska Native Education Program also gave a $2,000,000 grant to help build the center, which will cost an estimated $20,000,000 to construct. The awards in 2012, along with major appropriations and contributions in previous years from other donors, put SHI almost within striking reach of breaking ground. The Walter Soboleff Center will be an educational facility for the sharing and study of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. The center will include classroom and event spaces—which will be available for public use— artist demonstrations, and a state-of-the-art research facility for the preservation and study of archival and ethnographic collections. SHI plans to offer educational programs at the center for students through a memorandum of agreement signed by SHI, the Juneau School District and the University of SCAN TO WATCH Alaska Southeast (UAS). VIDEO ON THE WALTER SOBLEFF CENTER!
32 33 THE FACADE WILL INCLUDE LARGE PANELS FEATURING NORTHWEST COAST DESIGNS. RENDERING BY MRV ARCHITECTS.
34 35 Donors Sealaska Heritage Institute is a nonprofit organization and relies on public funds and private donations to provide programs for the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian, scholars, and the general public. The institute is a 501(c)(3) organization and all contributions are tax deductible. SHI gratefully acknowledges our 2012 donors:
$100,000 AND UP ANA SEDS City and Borough of Juneau ANEP Sealaska Corporation Anonymous State of Alaska
$10,000–$99,000 Anonymous National Parks Service Institute of Museum and Library Rasmuson Art Acquisition Services Walter Soboleff Estate
$5,000–$9,999 ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Pat Tynan and Rick Harris Managed Business Solutions,LLC Sealaska Environmental Services
$1,000–$4,999 Alaska Airlines Behrends Mechanical Inc. Alaska Permanent Capital Boyer Towing, Inc. Management Co. BP Alaska Inc. Alaska State Museum Bullwinkles Pizza Parlor Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Cairncross & Hepelmann
34 35 Carla Kleefeld MRV Architects Carolyn Kleefeld Native American Bank, NA Celeste Worl Northwest Farm Credit Services ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Office Plus of Alaska Dawn Dinwoodie and Rod Worl Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller and Denali Advisors, LLC Moskowitz, LLP Doyon, Limited Pyramid Communications Elgee Rehfeld Mertz Rosita Worl Global Transportation Systems, Inc. Royal Caribbean International and Hiline Engineering & Fabrication, Celebrity Cruises Inc. Security Alliance, LLC Juneau Community Foundation Terry Downes KPMG The Eyak Corporation Landye Bennett & Blumstein LLP Tlingit & Haida Central Council Lee Kadinger Van Ness Feldman MEBS Global Reach Wells Fargo Merrick & Company
UP TO $999 Advanced Janitorial Services Allison Joette Hartman Afognak Native Corporation Allison R Demmert Alan Mintz ALS Group USA Alaska Electric Light & Power Amy Jo Tollett Alaska Laundry & Cleaners Andrew Leroy Peters Alaska Permanent Capital Anne Margaret Tompkins Management Co. Anthony and Amanda Mallott Alaskan and Proud Antoinette A. Jones Albert Charles Frank Antone M. Araujo Alice Bennett & Family Arlene Diane Tripp Alice Lee Bugni Arlene Roberta Henry Alicia Marie Belardi Arnold Chase Walker
36 37 Arthur Kirkman Lauth Carmaleeda Estrada Ashley Sue Cochran Carol Alice Brady Audrey Fields Carol E. Borchers Austin Brown Family Carol Jean Aceveda Barbara Chittenden Carol Marie Watts Barbara Ann Bird Carol Watts Barbara C. Nelson Caroline C. Powell Barbara Dora Yugulis Caroline Marie Bashon Barbara Roxann Churchill Caroline Marie Cox Barbara Thurston Cathleen L. Nevers Benjamin Edward Schultz Catrina and Duff Mitchell Bertram Lloyd Bremner Cavan W. Dick Bertrand W. Bennett Chatham Electric Bessie Cooley Cheri Ann Thomas Betty Marie Allen Cheri Lynn Moy Beverly A. Stearns Cheryle Rae Enloe Beverly Ann George Chloe French Blaine Tech Services, Inc. Chuck Smythe Blake S. Rowan Clara Elizabeth Garcia Bradley Fluetsch Clarence Milton Jackson Brendan R Morrison Connie Rose Lambert Brian Keith Moy Consuelo Parham Brian Mass and Betty Jo Degtoff Continuous Improvement Applications Inc. Bruce Ellis Clark Corinne Adair Parker Bruce Roger Jones Corrine M Garza Byron and Antoinette Mallott Costco Byron Ivar Mallott Craig R. Weisner Callen Eric Richert Crystal M. Turner Candace E. Turi Daniel Cody Williams Candace Renee Whitson Daniel George Katzeek Carlene Ann Miagat Darrel Edward Verney Carlene Gwyn Newman Darrell Robert Halverson
36 37 David Lindsay Grant Dustin H. E. Johnson David Ray Baines Eagle Capital Management, LLC David Stallings Edna R. Peters David Teddy Howard Edward Thomas Warren David Vincent Lawrence Edwin B. Stewart David Wayne Oehler Einar Olaf Haaseth Dawn Alisa Norton Eleanor Dahl Dailey Debi and Tate London Eli William Phillips Deborah Lee Cleland Elizabeth Perry Debra June Bolanos Elizabeth S. Carle Delores Lynne Flygare Elizabeth T. Bennett Delta Western Ella June Tiedemann Denali Advisors, LLC Ellen Marie Greig Denise Elaine Morris ELMC Staff Dennis and Delores Starr & Family Eloise C. Kanosh Dennis Harris Elroy Conrad Edenshaw Derik R. Frederiksen Elsie Lee Brown Desmona Denise Stevick Emax Laboratories, Inc. Diesel L. Jones Eric O. Broad Dino John Rossi Erisa Compliance Associates, LLC Diversified Erwin Mallory Anselm Dolores Ann Garza Estella Marie Clark Donald Gene Kasbohm Ethel Lund Donna Drake Ethel M. Dybdahl Donna P Drake Evelyn Jean Wood Dora Christine Jacobson Faleene Anne Worrell Dori Lynn Faulkner Banfield, PC Doris Williams First National Bank of Alaska Dorothy Ann Gregory Florence B. Moore Dorothy Ann Willard Floyd Harris Guthrie Dorothy Vaune Webster Frances E. Cummings Driftwood Lodge Franklin Dean Kato
38 39 Frederick Hobbs Grant Jacqueline and Chris Pata Frederick O. Olsen Jacqueline Lee Johnson Fredrick Alyn Gardner Jade A. Araujo Fredrick G Williams Jaeleen and Todd Araujo Garrett Nathan Walters Jaeleen Judith Araujo Gary A. Fujioka Jaime Antonio Provencio Genevieve Cook James Allen Dix, Jr. Genevieve L. Schmidt James and Pamela Young George Jim Jami Lee Dewitt George E. Walters Janell Marie Gray George William Sumner Janice C. Shafer Gerald Mark Dronen Janice Dorothy Heaton Sheufelt Gertrude Louise Jackson Janice Heaton-Sheufelt Gina Renee Lowry Janice Jones Gordon A. Greenwald Janine E. Tillotson Gordon Joseph Guanzon Janine Roberts Harley Paul Finney Jason Fujioka Harriet Knudson and Children Jeane Breinig Hazel Frankforter Jeane Marie Breinig Helen Celeste Rodriguez Jeanetta R Weedman Helene R. Simpson Jeanne Lynn Maughan Henrietta F. Hoyt Jeffrey Thomas Moran Henry Bryson Jeffrey Wayne Furlow Hope Ann Farmer Jennifer Maria Dailey Huna Heritage Foundation Jensen Yorba Lott IBEW Local 1547 Jim Kelly Insurance Agency, Inc. Irene E. Shea Joan Katherine Dailey Irene Marie Scriver Joanne Delores Triggs Irma Louise Hutchinson Jodi Mitchell Isabel Chulik Joe and Belen Cook J.L. Sherburne Landscape Design Joe Nelson Jack Clemens Lorrigan Johan Arnt Dybdahl
38 39 Johanna M Mitchell Juneau Electric John Gubatayao Juneau Lions Club John Albert Howard Karen A. Kropf John Bradford Phipps Karen L. Giroux John Einar Dexter Kari Jabalde John Gubatayao Karissa L. Demmert John Harmening Karla Raye Olsen Smith John Jalil Brainard Kathleen Emma L Warden John Martin Epan Kathleen Joy Miller John Martin Thorp Kathy Ann Pierre John Perkins Smith Kathy Dye John R. Gilbert Kathy Ruddy John Robert Morrison Kayla Marie Esquiro John Thomas Bird Keely Jean Linn John Travis McFarlane Kellie Goodwin Jolene Ranae Baisden Kelly Sheufelt Jon Fujioka Kelsey A. Demmert Jon and Claudine Duncan Kelvin Kent Knudson Jon Baird Duncan Kenneth Hegg Joseph Drellishak Kenneth George Levine Joseph Dean Emery Kevin Charles Ramey Joseph Ernest Osbekoff Kevin James Starnes Joseph Galen Nelson Kevin L. Francom Joseph R. Orazio Kimberly Faye Revels Joseph Tate London Kimi Lee Boal Joseph W Ross Kirsten Anne Deichert Joyce Frank Kurtis Mathew Stuckey Judith Ann Andrist Lance J. Peterson Judith Dorothy Ramos Larry Davis Judy Ann Tabafunda Larry James, Sr. Judy Edith Haffner Larry L. Gordon Julian L. Quinto Laura Ann Callander
40 41 Laura Evelyn Watson Lucille Louise Fluetsch Laura Louise Fawcett Lucinda Annette Leask Laurel Kimberly Brouillette Madeline F. Brainard Lauren Desiree Cosentino Madeline M Soboleff Levy Lavina Maxine Guy Malia Hayward—State Farm Lawrence E. Wright Margaret Gordon Lawrence Evan Jorgensen Margaret J. Kaleak Leah Joann Janisieski Margaret R. Katzeek Lee A. Bryant Maria Ellen Cabrera Lee C. Breinig Marilyn Wilson Lee Dave Miller Marion Marie James Lee Harris Marjorie Adams Leilani Lou Halvorsen Marjorie Ethel Peterson Leonard Mark Bariquit Mark Poplis Leroy Corbett Demmert Marlene C. McClellan Lewis Gordon Zastrow Marlene Johnson Lillian M. Worl Marsha F. Escalona Linda Belarde Martin Environmental Linda Lee Wynne Mary James Linda Marie Barenie Mary Ann B Maloney Linnea Marie Beierly Mary Ann Yates Lisa Marie Abbott Mary Anne Merrill Lissi Marie Hartburg Mary Bailey Loretta Aileen Stewart Mary E. Olsen Loretta Jane Ness Mary E. Ratliff Lori M. Stedman Mary J. Folletti Lori Melaine Grant Mary Jane Frazier Lorie Pruett Mary L. McConkey Lorraine L. Doucette Mavis Gail Shaw Lou Ann Hillman Maximo Bell Guerrero Louis Laird Jones Maxine Harper Richert Louise Anne Kadinger Maxine Lillian Thompson
40 41 Maxine Richert Nicole Darlyne Hallingstad Maya R. Araujo Nicole Hallingstad McDowell Group, Inc. Nina Marjorie Estes Melanie Rae Greer Noah Gray Melvin Douglas Ward Norman Edward Nelson Merle Andersen Norval and Barbara Cadiente-Nelson Michael Brian Nannauck Olga Norris Michael Elvon Douglas Olga K. Simpson Michael James Hoyt Pamela E. Watson Michael Metz Pamela Jo Lopez Michael Miller Patricia Luise Parris Michael Obert Patrick John Hamilton Michael P. O’Connell Patrick Michael Anderson Michaele S. Tavares Paul Edward Dybdahl Michelle Marie Meyer Paul Spiridon Chulik Mike Janson Perkins Coie Charitable Foundation Mildred Claire Demmert Peter Leo Schaeffer Milton Joseph DeAsis Phoenix Logging Company Miquelle Noelle Guadalupe Moreno Piliero Mazza, PLLC Molly Ann Ames Priscilla Ann Steele Monica T. Harmon Ptarmica M. Garnick Monte Littlefield’s Grandchildren Reggie, Sam, John, Lawrence and Morgan Howard Productions Amy Nelson Morgan Olaf Howard Regina Tordillos Stone Moses Xaada Norquett Nix Regina Davis Nadine M Price Schruefer Reginald W. Marvin Nancy Barnes Reiner and Reiner, P.A. Nancy C. Barnes Reuben Willis—State Farm Nancy Moreno and Family Rhonda Anne Shumway-Luna Natasha Rozanne McGill Ric Kilmer Native American Bank, NA Ricardo M. Pintado Nick Isaac Nix Ricardo T. Worl
42 43 Richard Erwin Lundy Rosita Faith Worl Richard John Potolicchio Ruby Elizabeth Hughes Richard John Vandel Russell Dick Richard Luther Rose Russell James and Arlene Bennett Richard T. Wilkin Ruth Ann Maslowski Rico Worl Ryan Kyle Walker Rita Ann Sutton Sally Kookesh Rob Roy Hoyt Samantha K Yeltatzie Robert Francis Crane Sandra M Kuhnau Robert J. Walters Sandra Mae Samaniego Robert John Kennedy Sarah Dybdahl Robert M. Friberg Sasha Julia Korthuis Robert Martin, Jr. Sealaska Corporation Robert Maynard Shaila Camille Allen Robert Ray Wysocki Sharen Irene Ahrens Robert Wesley Berg Sharon Kay Spencer Roberta Ann Bennett Sharon Lee Maraffio Roberta C. Oberg Sharon Leona Hallam Roberta Gulledge Sheryl Ann Haase Roberta J. Wilcox Sidney Carle Edenshaw Roberta Nancy Cantrell Sidney Edenshaw Robin Marie Gallagher Stacey Lee Dybdahl Robin Paul Fields Stash Ginger Rodney Macar Derenoff Stephen Burton Smeltzer Ronald and Wolfe Steven Glenn Stivers Ronald Dean Williams Steven Kuchinsky Ronald James and Family Steven Langdon Ronald Kimsey Shewbert Steven Lynn Demmert Rosalia M. G. Vera Steven Phillip Morta Rosaline Cheryl Smith Sue Anna Collis Rose Kahklen Super Bear Supermarket Rose Anna Natkong Susan A. Anderson
42 43 Susan Marie Andrianoff Todd Patrick Antioquia Suzi Jones Tracy Lyn Wiard Sven Patrick Ahlen Traijen Clifford Jones Sylvia Jean Ahlalook Trent Sanden Sylvia M. Dalton Trucano Construction Talia Eames Tylena Tamara Stadurs Tamara Jean Meyer Valentin Jose Cox Tamera Lynn Chavarria Valeriana G. Pickering Tara A. Lucas Valerie K Kline Tava Marie Laborn Vera Marvin Taylona Lafferty Vernon Victor Hill Teahonna C James Victoria Lillian George Technology Management Company, Victoria R. Canul-Dunne Inc. Vilda Sister Cooday Teresa Ann Timo Vincent Willard Hotch Teresa D. Turner Wallace F. Marvin Teresa Mary Mally Walter Frank Jack Terese Marie Bingisser Wendy M. Powers Glidmann Terra Verde, Inc Wesley R. Dalton Terri Lee Thompson Western Auto Marine Terri-Lynn and Robert Davidson Wilbur W. James Terry A. Gesulga William Albert Wilson Tevin M. Dick William Andrew Thomas The Willis Family William Robert Weimer Theodore Robert Demmert Wilma Elmyra Fergestrom Theresa Marie Belton Worl Family Thomas Curtis See Yvonne Martin Thomas Doyle Yester Yvonne Marie Ackert Timothy Van Horn Zina Lynn Ballard Tlingit and Haida of CBJ
44 45 Financials
2012 was a banner year for Sealaska Heritage Institute as we raised almost $11,000,000 through grants, appropriations, and donations. A large portion of funds were earmarked for construction of the Walter Soboleff Center, which drew $2,000,000 from the Alaska Native Education Program (ANEP), $1,250,000 from the Rasmuson Foundation, and $3,000,000 from City and Borough of Juneau voters. SHI also was awarded some major grants to fund programs, including $1,200,000 from ANEP over three years to fund cultural orientation programs for teachers in the Juneau School District and the University of Alaska Southeast. The award will allow SHI to offer 50 hours of cultural orientation to almost 70 teachers and to develop culturally-relevant classroom resources. SHI also received $1,370,000 from ANEP over three years to hold culture- based math summer camps for middle school students in Southeast Alaska and develop resources to increase interest and academic achievement in math. The Administration for Native Americans awarded $825,660 to SHI to hold leadership academies for high school students in Southeast Alaska, and the State of Alaska appropriated $450,000 for the institute’s Southeast Alaska Sustainable Arts Project. Through the project, SHI will reintroduce the ancient art of skin-sewing throughout the region. The program will help to save a nearly lost art form, develop a cottage industry in rural communities, and more fully utilize a sustainable resource. A major foundation in the Lower 48 that prefers anonymity awarded more than $500,000 to SHI to teach formline design to artists across the region. Formline is the basis of Northwest Coast art.
44 45 Sealaska, the regional Native corporation serving Southeast Alaska, continued its annual support of SHI. Sealaska donated $1,125,000 in funds to help cover our operating costs and $172,800 in-kind for rent. Sealaska also provided in-kind information technology services valued at $37,368. SHI also received nearly $265,000 from more than six hundred individuals and other businesses last year to fund the center and other programs. SHI strives to serve as many people as possible through its programs. In 2012, nearly 8,000 people participated in SHI’s events. Programs ranged from Celebration, which drew 5,500 people, to workshops, which served more than 700 people. The institute also strives to disburse funds to beneficiaries outside SHI. In 2012, the economic benefit from SHI’s programs to people outside the institute was more than $3,000,000. This sum included honoraria paid to elders and traditional scholars, funds that went to contractors, awards given to artists, stipends made to teachers, and the economic benefit of Celebration to the community of Juneau, which we quantified for the first time in 2012. SHI last year also employed nineteen people in full-time, year-round jobs. Of that group, eighty percent were Sealaska shareholders or shareholder spouses, and twenty percent were non shareholders or non Natives.
46 47 SHI’S IMACT ON PEOPLE IN 2012 (Does not include benefits to SHI staff)
NUMBER OF ECONOMIC IMPACT EVENT PEOPLE SERVED (IF APPLICABLE)
AMOUNT PAID TO TEACHER LISTED FORMLINE WORKSHOP 595 STUDENTS WITH CONTRACTORS
NATIVE LANGUAGE AMOUNT PAID TO TEACHERS LISTED 34 STUDENTS WORKSHOP WITH CONTRACTORS
MOCCASIN WORKSHOPS 35 STUDENTS $4,000 (HIDES, SUPPLIES)*
TEACHER TRAINING 30 TEACHERS N/A WORKSHOP (JSD)
TEACHER TRAINING 15 TEACHERS N/A WORKSHOP (UAS)
CELEBRATION 5,500 ATTENDEES $2,000,000**
JURIED ART SHOW 21 ARTISTS $6,000 (PRIZES)
FOOD CONTESTS 10 CONTESTANTS $1,700 (PRIZES)
ELDERS’ ROOM 246 ELDERS $1,000 (FOOD AND BEVERAGES)
NATIVE ARTIST MARKET 40 ARTISTS UNKNOWN***
SCHOLARSHIPS 327 RECIPIENTS $410,000
LECTURES 935 ATTENDEES N/A
LATSEEN LEADERSHIP TRAVEL FUNDS LISTED 48 STUDENTS ACADEMY WITH SCHOLARSHIPS
LATSEEN HOOP CAMPS 60 STUDENTS N/A
PROGRAMS 60 CONTRACTORS $628,806 (CONTRACTORS)
PROGRAMS 29 ELDERS AND $8,250 (ELDER HONORARIA) SCHOLARS
TOTAL 7,985 PEOPLE $3,065,756
*Also, some students are now making money through sales, but the amount has not been quantified. **Based on 2012 McDowell Group study on Celebration’s economic impact on Juneau. ***Artists make money through sales at SHI’s markets, but the amount has not been quantified.
46 47 Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 (Summary Financial Statement—compiled from audited report)
2012
Unrestricted
Revenues and Support Contributions and Grants 2,831,062 Sales, Dues and Fees 204,274 Total Investment Income/(Loss) 3,346 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 22,762 Total Revenues and Support and Net Assets Released from Restrictions 3,061,444
Expenses Program Services 1,486,728 Support Services Management and General 1,326,464 Resource Development 239,406 Total Expenses 3,052,598
Change in Net Assets 8,846
Net Assets, Beginning of Year Endowments - Other Net Assets 3,012,847 Total Net Assets, December 31, 2011 3,012,847 Net Assets, End of Year Endowments - Other Net Assets 3,021,693 Total Net Assets, December 31, 2012 3,021,693
48 49 Temporarily Permanently restricted restricted Total
128,388 - 2,959,450 - 204,274 12,248 - 15,594 (22,762) - -
117,874 - 3,179,318
- - 1,486,728 - - - - - 1,326,464 - - 239,406 - - 3,052,598
117,874 - 126,720
110,845 100,000 210,845 88,709 91,000 3,192,556 199,554 191,000 3,403,401
115,506 100,000 215,506 201,922 91,000 3,314,615 317,428 191,000 3,530,121
48 49 50 51 Boards and Staff
Board of Trustees Staff • Marlene Johnson, Chair • Dr. Rosita Worl, President • Robert Martin, Vice-Chair • Linda Belarde, Curriculum Specialist • Joe Nelson, Secretary • Sarah Dybdahl, Administrative Director • Clarence Jackson • Kathy Dye, Media and Publications Director • Ethel Lund • Christy Eriksen, Media and Publications Associate • Nancy Barnes • Carmaleeda Estrada, Development Associate • Jeane Breinig • Donald Gregory, Administrative Assistant • Mike Miller • Katrina Hotch, Administrative Assistant • Michael Hoyt, Scholarship Administrator • Teahonna James, Executive Assistant Council of Traditional Scholars • Zachary Jones, Archivist and Collections Manager • Clarence Jackson, Chair • Lee Kadinger, Chief of Operations • Ken Grant • Jackie Kookesh, Education Director • Joe Hotch • Michael Obert, Administrative Assistant • David Katzeek • Elizabeth Perry, Senior Grant Writer • Paul Marks • Sandy Samaniego, Senior Grant Specialist • George Ramos • Shaadoo’tlaa, Arts Specialist • Daniel Strong, Research Associate • Rico Worl, Arts Director Native Artist Committee • Steve Brown • Delores Churchill • Nicholas Galanin • Nathan Jackson
50 51 52 53 Awards
Nora Dauenhauer The Governor of Alaska named Nora Dauenhauer Alaska State Writer Laureate in 2012. She will represent the state from 2012–2014. Nora is a Tlingit poet, playwright, historian, and linguist who has compiled and edited landmark collections of Tlingit oratory and oral histories through SHI, with her husband, Richard Dauenhauer. The Dauenhauers won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and RICHARD AND NORA DAUENHAUER. 1804, published in 2008 by SHI and the University of Washington Press. One of her short poems was featured in New York subways as part of a project to place contemporary poetry before mass audiences.
Rosita Worl SHI President Rosita Worl was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame in 2012. The group seeks to honor in perpetuity women whose contributions have influenced the direction of Alaska in any field. She also received an honorary doctorate of sciences from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Worl was one of four people, including former Governor Tony Knowles, to receive honorary degrees from UAA in 2012.
Thomas Thornton The Alaska Historical Society awarded Thomas Thornton its 2012 Contributions to Alaska History Award for Haa Léelk’w Hás Aaní Saax’ú: Our SCAN TO WATCH EXCERPT OF Grandparents’ Names on the Land, which was published by SHI last year. The COMMENTS BY NORA DURING A award recognizes an individual or individuals who have made a singular and RECEPTION HELD TO CELEBRATE HER significant recent contribution to Alaskan history in any medium or activity. AWARD!
52 53 RAVEN CHILD WITH ELDER, CELEBRATION 2012. PHOTO BY BRIAN WALLACE.