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Abel, Tom Skillaaw
Sta Staas clan (Eagle/Beaver), Howkan, Kaigani Haida
Reflections on Roots and Resurrections
This presentation is about how our clans (our families) transcend what are termed “tribes”--how, like the forests upon which we depended, our roots intertwine, and how those intertwined roots were, and are, our basis for being, our identity. Resurrections will be about where “we” are, and what I saw, did and experienced along the way. I will talk about “the coming our by going back into,” and perhaps give some thoughts about the “supernatural” and the lack of the strictures and limitations of the controlling factor. Time. Canoes, what they were and what they could be now.

Abraham, Elaine Chooshaa
Tsisk’w Hít (Owl House), Gineixkwaan/Kwaashk’I Kwáan, Laaxaayík Kwáan
The Yakutat Tlingit and the Russians - 1795 to 1825 (Oral Traditions)
Oral histories of the 1805 destruction of the Russian Fort at Ankouw, Yakutat.

Abraham, Elaine Chooshaa (with Judith Ramos)
This is Kuxaankutaan’s (Dr. Frederica De Laguna’s) Song
From 1949 to 1954, Dr. Frederica Annis de Leo de Laguna, then Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, recorded from our Yakutat elders, the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. This paper describes the other side of Freddy, as an adopted clan member who was fascinated with Tlingit music. In the dedication to the song, she acknowledged Olaf Abraham (Elaine’s father) from whom she learned methods of composing Tlingit songs. With the help of John Ellis, a Gineix Kwaan/Kwaashk’i Kaagwaantaan man, Freddy composed this song in honor of the Yakutat people

Adams Sr., Bertrand Kádáshaan
Ich Hít (Boulder House), L’uknax.ádi clan, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)
Yakutat Camp #13 Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall History and Renovation
The Yakutat ANB Hall construction was completed in the 1920’s and has served its membership and the community of Yakutat with major events for over 80 years. It has survived several fires and condemnation by the city and borough and state fire marshal, but the membership decided that the hall should be upgraded and restored as close to it’s original condition as possible. We are now in the process of doing some emergency repair works so that a much larger renovation project can be completed so that the hall will be able to serve the community for another 80+ years.

Adams Sr., Bertrand Kádáshaan
Natural Laws and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
In the olden days Native Americans lived with nature and reaped the benefits of their environment by living off a land based economy. When outside influences came, their purpose was to conquer. This caused an unbalance in Native Americans’ lives that we are still struggling to recover from today. When the East Alsek River sockeye salmon experienced a crash in the 1980s, a TEK project was completed by the Yakutat Tlingit tribe to document ways in which the Tlingits managed their resources so that future management schemes would include traditional knowledge bridged with western science.

Anderson, Margaret Seguin
University of Northern British Columbia / Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Authority
Visible Grammar: Tools for Revitalizing Tsimshian Sm'algyax
Tsimshian Sm'algyax is severely endangered - there are now only a few hundred speakers, all over 60. While a number of initiatives are in progress to revitalize the language, a major barrier for learners has been the complex grammar; learners can acquire core vocabulary fairly easily, but find themselves unable to figure out how to understand or use even simple sentences. The Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Authority sponsored a project to create a "user-friendly" grammar of the language; through this we have created a set of Visible Grammar" modules to assist learners by showing the basic sentence templates with colour-coding. This presentation will review the various initiatives for language revitalizsation and will demonstrate the potential of Visible Grammar.

Askren, Mique'l Icesis Shgu' Goad Lax Skeek
Lax Skeek (Eagle Clan), Gispaxlo’ots, Tsimshian
University of British Columbia
Bringing to Light a Counter-Narrative of Our History: B.A. Haldane, 19th Century Tsimshian Photographer
Having opened a Victorian-style protrait studio in 1899, B.A. became the first professional Native photographer on the Northwest Coast . Using archival and community-based resources, my research brings to light a counter-narrative of Metlakatla's history by demonstrating the complex and subversive ways in which B.A.’s photography was used by our community and others as a significant means continuing Tsimshian traditions and resisting colonial authority.

Askren, Mique'l Icesis Shgu' Goad Lax Skeek
Moderator, Issues in Contemporary Northern Northwest Coast Art

Asp, Vera (with P. Bowers, T. Fifield, M. Moss, and D. Reger)
Tahltan Nation
Simon Fraser University
Coffman Cove Community Archaeology Project
(see Bowers, Peter)

Austin, Ken
Xáatl Hít (Ice Berg House), Chookaneidi, Xunaa Kwáan (Hoonah)
An Historic Journey of Glacier Bay
This is a 9,000 year historic journey of Glacier Bay. Some major stops are the original inhabitants' occupation of the new land, coping with nature's forces, early 1900s dealings with outside human interferences, and the continuing pursuit of what the historic legend of Kaasteen/Shaawatseek' means.

Austin, Ken
Presenter, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
(see Bennett Sr., George)

Bennett Sr., George Shaawát Guwukaan
X’áakw Hít (Freshwater Marked Sockeye House), T’akdeintaan, Xunaa Kwáan
Moderator, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
A session about traditional warriors training, their armor and weapons, and about 20th century northern Northwest Coast veterans. Presenters include George Ramos Wooshjixoo Éesh, Kenneth Austin, Chuck Natkong, Willard Jackson, Tommy Joseph, Ashley Verplank, and Steve Henrikson Eech t’ei.

Bennett Sr., George Shaawát Guwukaan
Presenter, Clan Naming Workshop and Ceremony

Bennett Sr., George Shaawát Guwukaan
Presenter, At.óow: Care and usage of Clan Regalia
This workshop will discuss housing/usage of repatriated regalia; presenters will review and discuss a template outlining rules and procedures for ceremonial usage of regalia.

Berman, Judith
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Relating Deep Genealogy, Oral History, and Early European Records: Questions, Problems, Progress
Historical writing on Southeast Alaska often proceeds as if in a universe separate from Native forms of history. However, Native genealogy and oral history contain a great deal of context for documents generated by early European and American visitors, while such documents in turn can work as temporal "calibration" for Native accounts. Several extensive genealogies provided by Tlingit elders in the early 20th century, which are ten or more generations deep and reach back before the 18th century, are of particular interest when it comes to linking these two types of sources. Although many questions arise, this project has already helped date events such as movement to new community sites, leadership successions, and the creation of some well-known crest objects, and it offers the promise of generating broader understandings of the first decades of contact.

Black, Lydia T. (deceased)
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, University of Alaska Fairbanks
The Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804
(see Dauenhauer, Nora and Richard)

Boudreau, Susan (with M.B. Moss, K. Grant, and W. Howell)
Chief of Resource Management, National Park Service
K’wát’ Aaní: Returning to the Land of the Seagull Eggs
(see Moss, Mary Beth)

Bowen, Jim Gooch kaa
S’iknax.ádi, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington
Tribal Court Judge (ret.)
Tribal Court Case Law in Southeast Alaska
Bowen will discuss Hepler v. Perkins, which addressed clan membership, child custody, etc. in the Sitka Tribal Court; Holt v. Kallapa, otherwise known as the Duncan Church litigation in Metlakatla Tribal Court. Bowen was the judge pro tem. His decision was issued Dec. 22, 1986. Some months later, the December 22 decision was unanimously upheld by a 3 judge appellate court of the NW Intertribal Court System; and Chilkat v. Johnson, which addressed tribal jurisdiction and ownership of clan property and clan crests. These cases can be found in the Tribal Court section of the Indian Law Reporter (Sitka law library, Juneau's, etc.)

Bowers, Peter M. (with M. Moss, T. Fifield, D. Reger and V. Asp)
Northern Land Use Research, Inc.
Coffman Cove Community Archaeology Project
During the summer of 2006, archaeological investigations took place at the Coffman Cove archaeological site (PET-067) on Prince of Wales Island. Over 140 visitors toured the excavations and 13 volunteers contributed their time. The archaeologists were assisted by the City of Coffman Cove, the Southeast Island School District, and many local residents. The site contains a record of over 4,000 years of Alaska Native occupation. The excavations resulted in a sample of artifacts and faunal remains that will be described and illustrated in this presentation. Obsidian, traced by geochemical analysis to the Mount Edziza volcanic source, indicates the residents of Coffman Cove had long distance connections with people of the upper Stikine River area. Because the Tlingit residents of the Coffman Cove area left for larger settlements at Wrangell, Ketchikan, and other Southeast Alaskan towns in the early 20th century, this site provides an important archive of Tlingit pre-contact history.

Brock, Mathew (with M. Turek, R. Craig, et al)
Collaborative Salmon Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Database Project.
(see Turek, Michael)

Bunn-Marcuse, Katie
University of Washington
Tlingit and Haida Silversmiths at the Turn of the 20th Century
This paper examines Haida and Tlingit jewelry production from 1880 to 1930, focusing on the Northern Northwest Coast tourist economy and questioning the belief that Northwest Coast art production was vanishing at the time. The discrepancies between anthropological reports about the scarcity of jewelers (and the belief in the decline of art production) and the writings of tourists and Indian agents shed light on the biases of collectors who discounted current jewelry production for multiple reasons (including the perception of silver jewelry as an acculturated artform and its manufacture as a tourist commodity). The beliefs and biases of anthropologists are contrasted with the reality of the market economy during the first decades of Alaska tourist travel. Native artists skillfully negotiated the demands of non-native travelers who had a specific set of expectations and desires; a discussion of the techniques used by artists in both production and marketing of their work underscores the availability of native-made jewelry in contrast to anthropological reports on the dearth of artistic production.

Bunten, Alexis
University of California--Berkeley
Reflections Upon the Worldwide Native-Owned Cultural Tourism Industry
Indigenous and First Nations peoples throughout the world are developing cultural tourism to diversify their economies and provide employment while protecting their cultural assets. Operating in an industry governed by Western tropes of representation, Native tourism professionals are pressured to develop and market a competitive product in a manner that respects traditional protocols governing cultural resources. Native leaders are aware of the potential benefits of tourism, but wary of the cultural degradation that may result from packaging culture according to outside tastes and consumptive patterns. This presentation shares indigenous strategies for developing contemporary tourism products grounded in tribal values, and compares Alaska Native and Maori examples.

Carlton, Rosemary
Sheldon Jackson Museum
Sheldon Jackson: Plunderer or Preserver
“ Sheldon Jackson, Plunderer or Preserver” Sheldon Jackson came to Alaska in 1877 bringing his religion and western way of life to the Native people of the region. He also brought with him a desire, almost a compulsion to collect the material culture of the people whose lives he was instrumental in changing. Did he plunder the riches of Alaska’s Native cultures or in the course of his proselytizing did he preserve to the benefit of all, some material culture that might otherwise have disappeared during the cultural upheavals of the late nineteenth century?

Carrlee, Scott
Alaska State Museum
Caring for Regalia
This session will cover the basics of caring for clan regalia both at home and in transport. Simple solutions can make a big difference in protecting valued objects. This program will provide tips for preventing damage to regalia during use and storage, discuss how museums care for artifacts, and provide thoughts on striking a balance between ideal of preservation with the risks of continued use.

Chester, Hans Naakil.aan
Daginaa Hít, L'uknax.ádi, Gunaaxoo Kwáan (Dry Bay)
Glacier Valley Elementary School, Juneau
Spruce Root Basketry of the Tlingit

Chester, Jessica Seigóot
L’uknax.ádi, Gunaxoo Kwáan (Dry Bay)
Lingít Language Teacher, Juneau Douglas High School
Psychological Implications of Lingít Language Loss
Forced to learn English during rapid assimilation, the Lingít cultural identity has been distorted and devastated. Currently, Lingít people, in addition to relearning the language, have also to address the psychological issues of culture and identity loss. What does this mean in our daily lives? How can we get beyond it?

Churchill, Delores
Gwaii Git’ans, Git’anee, Eagle, Massett, Haida
2006 National Heritage Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts
A Growing Crisis: Gathering our Materials in the 21st Century
With increasing land development, and commercial exploitation of forest resources, access to traditional weaving materials, especially cedar bark and spruce roots, is growing increasingly difficult in many areas. This presentation provides an overview of the problem, and examines efforts to protect the materials and keep them accessible.

Criswell, Janice Git’anaas (with Steve Henrikson)
Owl Clan, Howkan, Kaigani Haida
Reconstructing the Montana Creek Fish Trap
This presentation provides an overview of the excavation and preservation of the 600- year-old Montana Creek Fish Trap (excavated near Juneau in 1989), and the construction of an exact replica of the trap, using the original materials, for exhibition at the Juneau Douglas City Museum.

Craig, Robi Yaaw Shaawát (with M. Turek, M. Brock, et al)
Kiks.ádi
Collaborative Salmon Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Database Project.
(see Turek, Michael)

Dangel-Lorrigan, Helen Aklé (with Irene Jimmy)
Kaagwaantaan
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
The Borhauer Basketry Collection

Dangeli, Michael Goothl Ts'imilx
BaytN'eekhl, Lax Skeek (eagle) clan, Ts'imilx (beaver), Nisga'a, Tlingit, Tsimshian
Panelist, Issues in Contemporary Northern Northwest Coast Art

Dauenhauer, Nora Keixwnéi, and Richard Dauenhauer Xwaayeenák
Revival and Survival: Two Lifetimes in Tlingit (Keynote Address)
We will speak on the following themes: Looking back on thirty-five years of collaborative Tlingit language scholarship, publication, and community activism; and looking forward from the present situation to what the next thirty-five years might hold for the next generation of scholars, teachers, and activists for the languages and cultures of southeast Alaska.

Dauenhauer, Nora Keixwnéi (Lukaax.ádi), and Richard Dauenhauer Xwaayeenák (Chookaneidí), University of Alaska Southeast (with Lydia Black)
The Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804
In this session we will discuss the research, writing, and content of our latest work, Anóoshi, Lingít Aaní Ká, Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804, edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and Lydia T. Black, to appear July 2007. The book combines for the first time previously unpublished accounts from Tlingit oral tradition, primary documents from Russian archives, and historical objects from museums in the U.S. and Russia. These sources support each other to an amazing degree, and shed new light on Tlingit-Russian relations during the Baranov era (1792-1818), thus destroying many stereotypes and oversimplifications that have crept into the popular understanding of these watershed events in Alaska history.

Dauenhauer, Nora Keixwnéi, and Richard Dauenhauer Xwaayeenák
Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Davis, Herman Yéil Tlein, L’eiw tu Éesh
Kayaashka Hít, L’ooknax.ádi
Presenter, Clan Naming Workshop and Ceremony
A discussion of issues relating to becoming a clan leader in accordance with Tlingit common law.

Davis, Vida Kawduk'eit Tláa
T'akdeintaan, Hoonah. Igloo House, Bristol Bay Inupiaq
The Role of Elders, Families, and Respect
1. Elders, chief resources.
2. Respect comes through for many things.
3. Famlies must be involved.

Dick, Chief Adam (with J. Harper and Bob Sam)
Elder and Hereditary Chief, Tsawateniuk (Kingcombe Inlet) Kwakwaka'wakw
Clam Gardens of the Pacific Northwest: Sitka to Puget Sound
(see Harper, John)

Dundas, Irene Kaa laa Tláa
Aan Yakawlitseixi Hít (House that Anchored the Village), Tsaagweidí, Keex Kwáan
Repatriation Manager, Cape Fox Heritage Foundation
Identifying Cultural Affiliation of Saanyaa Kwáan & Taant’a Kwáan At.óow
Cape Fox Corporation (CFC) in collaboration with the Saanya Kwaan and Taanta Kwaan researched Aat Oow broadly identified as “Tlingit” from the Ketchikan area for repatriation under NAGPRA. The Saanya Kwaan and Taanta Kwaan are closely interrelated by marriage, geographic location and both Kwaan’s share or have very similar clans and clan crests. CFC had undertaken a significant research project to try to identify unique distinctions in Aat Oow for the 2 separate Kwaan's. I will explain how CFC obtained oral history, research documents and why gathering and collecting 221 family trees' where so important to the Saanya Kwaan and Taanta Kwaan for identifying cultural affiliation of their at.óow.

Dundas, Irene Kaa laa Tláa
Presenter, At.óow: Care and usage of Clan Regalia
This workshop will discuss housing/usage of repatriated regalia; presenters will review and discuss a template outlining rules and procedures for ceremonial usage of regalia.

Ehlers, Anna Brown Shaawát kátlein
Whale House, Gaanaxteidi, Klukwan
Chilkat Appreciation
Using photos of historical Chilkat weavings, this presentation will describe their cultural significance to Southeast's indigenous peoples. The presenter, a noted weaver, will also provide a retrospective of her Chilkat creations.

Ehlers, Anna Brown Shaawát kátlein
Presenter, Sharing Our Work: The Artists Speak

Espenlaub, Stacey
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Potlatch Loans: Building New Relationships with Tlingit Clans
This presentation will discuss the four loans made to Tlingit clans by the Penn Museum at the request of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska beginning in 2003. It will emphasize how these loans have served as vehicles for the Museum to learn about contemporary Tlingit memorial parties and to appreciate the ongoing significance of clan objects in the celebration of Tlingit culture.

Fifield, Terence E.
Craig Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service
Kuwóot yas.éin (His Spirit is Looking Out From the Cave)
This video was produced by Sealaska Heritage Institute in partnership with the Tongass National Forest, University of Colorado Boulder, and the National Park Service. Fifield will introduce the film which highlights the research and development of partnerships between Tribal, research, and management interests in the study of 10,300 year-old human remains and tools from an ancient cave on northern Prince of Wales Island.

Fifield, Terence E.
Inclusive Archaeology: Perspectives on Rock Art Studies in Southern Southeast Alaska
Between 2000 and 2004 the Tongass National Forest sponsored projects on Prince of Wales Island, which sought to record traditional rock art in several locations. Projects were designed to bring together traditional, scientific, management, and recreation perspectives, to build an inclusive understanding of the images and their locations, and to gain insights into the values attached to these places by representatives of the various perspectives. I will discuss the design of the projects and present photos and tracings of the pictographs and petroglyphs from each location.

Fifield, Terence E. (with P. Bowers, M. Moss, D. Reger and V. Asp)
Coffman Cove Community Archaeology Project
(see Bowers, Peter)

Folletti, Mary Daaljíni
Yanwaa Sháa, Kaagwaantaan
Paths to Lingít
A discussion on the different avenues to learning the Lingít language, speaking from the experiences learning the Lingít language and culture growing up on Chilkoot River, at the Lukaax.ádi culture camp, and taking classes at the University of Alaska Southeast. Mary will also discuss her teaching methods and experiences. Obstacles, both financial and emotional, exist to learning and teaching this complex language.

Foulke, Donna M. Kaakwdagaan
Wolf House, Kaagwaantaan, Xunaa Kwáan, Tlingit and Tsimshian
U.S. Geological Survey
A geologist’s vision for a Bureau of Ethnology: John Wesley Powell’s legacy and impact of cultural and scientific research in Southeast Alaska
The U.S. Geological Survey’s second director, John Wesley Powell, became the founding director for the Bureau of Ethnology and served until his death. Powell’s explorations led the way for many USGS scientists to document the country in journals and visually with photography. This presentation shares a hidden treasure of USGS photographic collection of Southeast Alaska from the Harriman Expedition, 1899 to present.

Foulke, Donna M. Kaakwdagaan
Wolf House, Kaagwaantaan, Xunaa Kwáan, Tlingit and Tsimshian
Regalia Research
(see Hudson, Clarissa)

Gamble, Andy Aanaxoots
Gooch Hít, Kaagwaantaan, Sheet'ka Kwáan
Presenter, Clan Leader Workshop
A discussion of issues relating to becoming a clan leader in accordance with Tlingit common law.

Galanin, Nicholas Kindaa Yéet
Presenter, Sharing Our Work: The Artists Speak

Glinsmann, Dawn
University of Washington
Diagnostic Features of Eighteenth-Century Spruce Root Hats
Late eighteenth century spruce root hats have an astonishing variety of techniques, and combinations of those techniques. In ancient times through the eighteenth century, weaving was widespread and women were continually developing local patterns and techniques. Yet several features are common in this period and then disappear in hats of the nineteenth century.

Grant, Ken Xhool.xaa (with M.B. Moss, S. Boudreau, and W. Howell)
Glacier Bay National Park
K’wát’ Aaní: Returning to the Land of the Seagull Eggs
(see Moss, Mary Beth)

Grant, Ken Xhool.xaa (with Wayne Howell)
Preserving a Sacred Landscape
The clans that comprise the Huna Káawu have made Glacier Bay their home for countless generations, and many places have come to hold special meanings that are represented in crest designs, hats, blankets, stories and songs. To help keep knowledge of these places alive the Huna Heritage Foundation, Hoonah City Schools, the Hoonah Indian Association and the National Park Service have teamed up to take elders and youth onto the land together to share this sacred cultural knowledge.

Griffin, Kristen
Sitka National Historical Park, National Park Service
A Terrible Turning Point: Sitka and the 1835 Smallpox Epidemic
In the late winter of 1835, a single case of smallpox appeared in New Archangel, the Russian American Company’s capitol. The disease quickly became an epidemic that devastated Native communities throughout the northwest coast. This program will look at the epidemic through historical sources that recorded what some have called a turning point for southeast Alaska’s Native people.

Harper, John (with Bob Sam and Chief Adam Dick)
Coastal & Ocean Resources Inc., Sidney, BC
Clam Gardens of the Pacific Northwest: Sitka to Puget Sound
Clam gardens are areas of the intertidal zone that were cleared by aboriginal peoples for the purpose of clam harvesting and culturing. To date, several hundred of these clam gardens have been identified and mapped. The most southerly site identified to date is in Brentwood Bay near Victoria BC. The most northerly site is in Sitka Sound. Traditional knowledge indicates that construction of a clam garden entitled its creator to ownership and that such ownership would ensure sustainable harvesting at the site.

Hays, Ellen Hope Kaa Kaltín , Kiks.ádi Naa Tláa
Point House, Kiks.ádi clan, Sheet’ká Kwáan
How We See Ourselves Today as Clans
On being Indian in the Cottages and the Sitka Indian Village, Uptown Sitka, and the Sheldon Jackson School, and on being Indian when this generation is gone.

Heaton, Jim
Chilkat Indian Village
House Like a Mirror: The Klukwan Longhouse Project
The Chilkat Indian Village recently completed a nine-month project to recreate a 19th century Tlingit plank house using traditional materials and techniques. The structure, together with a traditional smokehouse, provides a venue for cultural education programs and is an important step forward towards building a new cultural center. This slide presentation will provide an overview of the construction and use of the new facility.

Henrikson, Steve Eech t’ei
Dakl’aweidí, Xukzidaa Kwáan (Angoon)
University of Alaska Southeast / Alaska State Museum
Terrible Visages: Northern Northwest Coast Native Armor
A summary of twenty years of research on northern Northwest Coast armor, its construction and use, and some thoughts on its origins, use, and influences.

Henrikson, Steve Eech t’ei (with J. Walton Shales and the Walton Family)
“ No Place Like Home”: Documenting Walton Family History
(see Walton Shales, Joyce)

Henrikson, Steve Eech t’ei (with J. Criswell)
Reconstructing the Montana Creek Fish Trap
(see Criswell, Janice)

Hollinger, Eric (with Harold Jacobs Gooch shaayí)
Smithsonian Repatriation of the Killer Whale Hat (Kéet Saaxw) to the Dakl’aweidí clan of Angoon
After residing in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for more than 100 years, a Killer Whale Hat was returned to its proper owners. This hat was made in 1900 for Gushdeiheen, leader of the Dak‘laweidi clan and caretaker of the Killer Whale House of Angoon and was sold in 1904 to Smithsonian ethnologist John Swanton. Through the Kootznoowoo Cultural and Educational Foundation and the CCTHITA, the clan requested repatriation of the hat under the repatriation provisions of the NMAI Act as an object of cultural patrimony and a sacred object to the clan. The hat was repatriated to Gushdeiheen, Mark Jacobs, Jr., and the Dak‘laweidi clan in the hospital in Sitka on January 2, 2005, shortly before Mark passed away.

Hope, Andy Xaastánch (with Ted Wright)
X’haan Hít (Red Clay House), Sik’naxh.ádi, Shtax’ Heen Kwáan
Moderator, Place-Based Education
This session will present an overview of a number of curriculum initiatives, including the School Community Leadership Consortium, the Southeast Alaska Tribal Resource Atlas, the Hinyaa Cultural Atlas, Math in Tlingit Art, Tlingit Storytelling, and the I Am Salmon project. The place-based education workshop session will present an overview of a number of curriculum initiatives, including the School Community Leadership Consortium, the Southeast Alaska Tribal Resource Atlas, the Hinyaa Cultural Atlas, Math in Tlingit Art, Tlingit Storytelling, and the I Am Salmon project.

Hope, Andy Xaastánch
Presenter, At.óow: Care and usage of Clan Regalia
This workshop will discuss housing/usage of repatriated regalia; presenters will review and discuss a template outlining rules and procedures for ceremonial usage of regalia.

Hope, Ishmael Kaak’wáask’
X’aaká Hít (Point House), Kiks.ádi clan, Sheet'ka Kwáan (Sitka)
Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Hotch, Lani Saantaas’
Gootch hít, Kaagwaantaan, Jilkaat Kwáan
Klukwan Knowledge Camp and Cultural Center
A summary of efforts towards designing and building new educational and visitors facilities in Klukwan.

Howell, Wayne Seikw dul Xeitl (with M.B. Moss, S. Boudreau, and K. Grant)
Glacier Bay National Park
K’wát’ Aaní: Returning to the Land of the Seagull Eggs
(see Moss, Mary Beth)

Howell, Wayne Seikw dul Xeitl (with Ken Grant)
Preserving a Sacred Landscape
(see Grant, Ken)

Hudson, Clarissa
Snail House, T’akDeinTaan (Sea Tern) Clan), Xunaa Kwáan (Hoonah)
Perspectives on Museums' Positions Through the Native Experience Past and Present
Perspectives on the function of Museums and on how the general (Native) public has held perspectives of the purpose of Museums (which have not always been in a positive light), and on how the Native perspective is changing. The presenter’s views were shaped through her experiences as a Visiting Artist at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.

Hudson, Clarissa
Regalia Research
Presentation of Native dance regalia researched at museums on East Coast and within the museums' collections, identifying 21 of the 50 Chilkat robes woven by traditional Chilkat weaver, Jennie Thlunaut.

Hudson, Clarissa
Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Jackson, Mike K’a.óosh
Kaach.adi (Fresh Water Sockeye House), Killer Whale/Seal Clan, Keex’ Kwáan
Organized Village of Kake
Tlingit Oral Traditions Concerning Salmon Stock Transfers and Stewardship: From After the Flood to Now
This presentation illustrates just how far back in time Tlingit fisheries stewardship and conservation practices extend.

Jackson Sr., Paul M. Gaxtlein
Raven-Sockeye Clan, Alsek River, Child of Chookaneidi Bear Clan Glacier Bay
Virtual Community Language Learning House
A description of region-wide Lingít sessions by video conference, and discussion of advantages and difficulties of video for language learning. Mr. Jackson will talk about volunteering to teach instead of waiting for a paying job to open up.

Jackson Sr., Paul M. Gaxtlein
What Canoes Mean to our People
Historically, canoes sustained our lives and contributed to the continuation of our culture, allowing travel to koo.eex’ and ceremonies, how allowing traded with many other Native and non-Native peoples of the Northwest Coast. The presenters will discuss haa kusteeyi for carving a canoe and the care of the canoes, types of canoes, and the spiritual benefits of canoe travel. Mr. Jackson will also demonstrate haa kusteeyi between the canoe and landing party at the beach: travelers introduce themselves, state their purpose for coming and asking permission to come ashore, and the hosts welcome them.

Jackson, Willard Tleiwaan
Teikweidí, Taanta Kwáan
Presenter, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
(see Bennett Sr., George)

Jacobs, Harold Gooch shaayí
Hít Tlein (Big House), Yanyeidí, T'aaku Kwáan (Taku)
A Canoe’s Journey-- From Angoon to NYC to Angoon
The story of the Beaver Canoe Prow Figure from the Beaver Canoe in the bombardment of Angoon, to the discovery in the collection in the American Museum of Natural History and its return to Angoon.

Jacobs, Harold Gooch shaayí
Presenter, At.óow: Care and usage of Clan Regalia
This workshop will discuss housing/usage of repatriated regalia; presenters will review and discuss a template outlining rules and procedures for ceremonial usage of regalia.

Jacobs, Harold Gooch shaayí (with Eric Hollinger)
Smithsonian Repatriation of the Killer Whale Hat (Kéet Saaxw) to the Dakl’aweidí clan of Angoon
(see Hollinger, Eric)

Jimmy, Irene X’akwjee Tláa (with Helen Dangel-Lorrigan)
Kiks.ádi, Sheet'ka Kwáan (Sitka)
Kayaaní Commission, Sitka Tribe of Alaska
The Borhauer Basketry Collection

Jonaitis, Aldona
University of Alaska Museum of the North
On the Edge: Five Contemporary Tlingit Artists
Throughout the Northwest Coast, certain artists have been experimenting with new ideas and new forms. This talk will present the work of five contemporary Tlingit artists – Nick Galanin, Stephen Jackson, Larry McNeil, Da-ka-xeen Mehner and Tanis S’eiltin – discussing their approaches to Tlingit artistic and cultural traditions, as well as broader issues of Native identity in the contemporary world.

John Jr., Edwell Tleeyaa Kéet
Killer Whale House, Dakl’aweidí, Xukzidaa Kwáan (Angoon)
Presenter, Clan Naming Workshop and Ceremony
A discussion of issues relating to becoming a clan leader in accordance with Tlingit common law.

Joseph, Tommy
Kaagwaantaan
Presenter, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
(see Bennett Sr., George)

Kitka Sr., Herman Kusataan (with T. Thornton, R. Littlefield, and E. Makinen)
Box House, Kaagwaantaan Clan, Sheet'ká Kwáan
Mapping Salmon Stories, Events, and Names, an Exercise in Historical Ecology
(see Thornton, Thomas)

Kunibe, Elizabeth
University of Alaska Southeast
Tracing the Origins of Tlingit Agriculture and Reintroducing Native Cultivars to Today’s Gardens
Potatoes in Alaska have been nurtured, maintained and traded by Native People for many years. Potatoes presently being grown in Southeast Alaska have been traced back generations through oral and written history. They represent a continual genetic line of the same potato that arrived a few hundred years ago. These potatoes are genetic artifacts and clones and because of this we can follow their genetic trails to their points of origin. Tlingit potatoes, called “Maria’s Potato” have been genetically linked to potatoes used and grown by the Makah Nation at Neah Bay, Washington. This presentation will discuss the genetic links of the Tlingit potato with other Native American varieties and their origins in South America. It will also discuss how the clans can rekindle potato gardening with these varieties in Southeast, Alaska.

Kraus, D. Bambi
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
Tribal Historic Preservation Efforts
An overview of the 66 Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) programs operating in the lower 48, and current information on the National Historic Preservation Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The presenter would like to learn more about cultural preservation efforts in southeast Alaska, and what she can do to advocate for Alaska Native issues in Washington, DC.

Langdon, Steve
University of Alaska Anchorage
Deikeenoow: Tlingit Traditional Cultural Property in the Hazy Islands
Tlingit relations with place are constructed in concert with social and cultural practices and perspectives that weave a wonderfully elegant tapestry for contemplation and construction. Many such places meet the federal standard for “traditional cultural property” which should be used to sustain these rich cultural traditions. These subtle, complex and sophisticated intersections will be explored through a discussion of Deikeenoow. Translated as “Far out fort” and known in English as Hazy Islands, this group of islands has significance although the way from Raven cycle events through present day sea gull egg harvests. Place names, personal names, cultural preparation, harvest rules, personal trials, tragedies and at.oow are all intimately attached to this place.

Langdon, Steve
Ish: Thinking about Tlingit Relations with Salmon
Tlingit have developed a complex and subtle set of concepts and practices through which they implement relational sustainability with salmon. Close observation of salmon behavior has led to the concept of “ish”. An “ish” is a special type of place in a stream in which salmon congregate. The Council of Traditional Elders of the Sealaska Heritage Institute addressed this concept demonstrating its wide distribution and continued presence in Tlingit consciousness. This presentation will explore the observations, dimensions and practices that the Tlingit concept of “ish” implicates and calls forth in the Tlingit system of relational sustainability with salmon.

Langdon, Steve
Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Littlefield, Roby Koolyéik (with H. Kitka, T. Thornton, and E. Makinen)
Kaagwaantaan, Sheet'ká Kwáan (Sitka)
Mapping Salmon Stories, Events, and Names, an Exercise in Historical Ecology
(see Thornton, Thomas)

Makinen, Ethel Daasdiyaa (with H. Kitka, T. Thornton, and R. Littlefield)
Mapping Salmon Stories, Events, and Names, an Exercise in Historical Ecology
(see Thornton, Thomas)

Martindale, Vivian Faith Atk'ahéen (with Marie Olson)
T’akdeintaan
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
Cultural and intellectual property rights (CIPR) are issues facing Indigenous peoples worldwide. This workshop will focus upon introducing participants to the basic concepts surrounding CIPR, and will include overview of copyrights, patents, and trademarks. This workshop will provide participants with the tools to seek their own solutions to their unique situations, and provide an opportunity to network and share resources.

Moore, Emily
Chilkat Tunics: Towards a Reevaluation of the "Configurative" (11 MB)
In comparison to the excellent scholarship available on naaxein or Chilkat blankets, little scholarship has focused closely on the Chilkat tunic. This talk presents on-going research based on Chilkat tunics in photographs and museums from across the United States and Canada, giving special attention to the relationship Cheryl Samuel once noted between tunic crest design and carved and painted house posts. The configurative design of many house posts suggests an alternative to Franz Boas's 1907 statement that "modern shirts [tunics] are degenerating even more than the blanket designs, and realistic forms are quite commonly found on them," proposing instead that the tunic's "realistic" or configurative design was derived from house posts and thus not "degenerate" at all. This talk is only the beginning of research on Chilkat tunics and it invites anyone with more knowledge on tunic design or house posts to share in a conversation.

Monteith, Daniel Daneekw
Xoots Gudi Hít, Teikweidi, Sanya kwáan
University of Alaska Southeast
Tlingit Oral Narratives and Time Immemorial
Recent research in Glacier Bay verifies the antiquity of Tlingit oral narratives. Some of the Huna clan narratives have been verified through geological evidence. These Huna narratives are some of the oldest known oral narratives which have been collaborated by scientists and scholars but there are many other Tlingit narratives that represent a deeper history or “time immemorial”. The deep history of clan oral narratives will be examined in light of recent scientific discoveries.

Mork, Vivian Yeil Shaawát
T’akdeintaan

Moss, Madonna L.
University of Oregon
Native Use of Seabirds from the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska
This paper presents the results of recent archaeological survey and zooarchaeological studies of five sites located on the Forrester Islands of southeast Alaska. Even though many Alaska Natives have a long history of hunting migratory birds--including seabirds--use of these resources is not well-documented, at least partly because harvest during the spring and summer was illegal for much of the 20th century. This study documents use of 11 seabird taxa, with the most heavily used species being tufted puffins, common murres, rhinoceros auklets, and Cassin's auklets. The bird assemblages from the Forrester Islands demonstrate that the Haida, Tlingit, and their ancestors have been using seabirds from the Forrester Islands for over a thousand years.

Moss, Madonna L. (with P. Bowers, T. Fifield, D. Reger and V. Asp)
Coffman Cove Community Archaeology Project
(see Bowers, Peter)

Moss, Mary Beth Yak’w dushi (with S. Boudreau, K. Grant, W. Howell)
National Park Service, Hoonah Indian Association
K’wát’ Aaní: Returning to the Land of the Seagull Eggs
Within the larger context of the atxaayi life way, the collection and consumption of gull eggs holds significance to the Huna Tlingit for a variety of reasons. The harvesting of eggs signals the start of a new year; provides opportunities for families to bond; serves as a context in which Tlingit values, morals and ethics are passed down to youth; ties the Huna people to their beloved homeland of Glacier Bay; and serves as a unique element in the Huna tribes’ identify. The National Park Service and the Hoonah Indian Association are working toward a precedent setting event – the Huna Tlingit people’s return to K’wát’ Aaní, the Land of the Seagull Eggs. The two agencies are preparing an environmental document, regulations, and legislation that would authorize a cooperatively managed gull egg harvest in Glacier Bay National Park. These legal documents have depended heavily upon--and benefited from – the considerable traditional knowledge of the Huna elders.

Natkong, Chuck Lei Eesh Aan
Kaigani Haida
Presenter, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
(see Bennett Sr., George)

Olson, Wallace
University of Alaska Southeast
Spanish Voyages to Alaska and history's mysteries
The journals from the seven Spanish voyages to Alaska have extensive descriptions of the Native people, and their interaction. Yet in the journals, one finds many questions, or 'mysteries' that cultural historians, Native and non-Native should explore. This paper will describe many of the unanswered questions that the Spanish journals raise.

Olson, Marie Kaayeestán (with Vivian Martindale)
Wooshkitaan
Aak'w Kwáan
(see Martindale, Vivian)

Paul, Ben
Teeyhíttaan, Raven, Shtax’héen Kwáan (Wrangell)
The Paul Family photo and historical collection.
Synopsis of the photos, books, letters, collected historical information, and philosophical statements of Paul family members including Matilda Paul Tamaree Kahtli-yudt, (Teeyhíttaan), William Tamaree, William Lewis Paul Sr. Shquindy, (Teeyhíttaan), Frances Lackey Paul Keet-dahk, (Naanyaa.aayí), William Lackey Paul Jr., Tsu-Xoog-eesh (Wolf / Eagle), and Fred Paul, Kudanake (Naanyaa.aayí). Bodies of work include the William Paul Jr. photo collection (1939 - 1953); Then Fight for It (Fred Paul 2003), on the Alaska Native Claims Act; Wrangel, Tillie’s Town (Frances Lackey Paul and William Paul Sr); Kahtahah, the childhood stories of a Tlingit girl (Frances Lackey Paul); and The Alaska Tlingit, Where Did We Come From? by William L. Paul Sr.(unpublished).

Petershoare, Lilian L’eex’indu.oo
Yanyeidí, T'aaku Kwáan
U.S. Forest Service
Archives Related to Haa Atxaayi Haa Kusteeyix Sitee, Our Food is our Tlingit Way of Life: Excerpts of Oral Interviews.

Piterskaya, Elena
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow, Russia
Tlingit Interaction with Other Ethnic Groups of the North West Coast and Alaska before and during the Russian Rule (based on Russian sources)
Presentation will focus on the traditional system of interaction of Tlingit with other people and groups that inhabited the region. Traditional trade and war patterns will be analyzed. The second part of the presentation will be devoted to the transformation of traditional interaction models under the influence of Russians. New trading goods and trading partners, new elements in the social life of Tlingit will be discussed. Presentation will be based mostly on sources published in Russia.

Porter, Walter Porter / Sta tlei'xue (Washing down with sand)
Dís hít (Moon House), Kwaashk'i Kwáan, Laaxhaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)
Traditional Wisdom and Knowledge Today
Our traditional elders cleverly disguised information in the mythologies that they have passed down to us through the ages. This presentation will show how to read mythologies, and will discuss the importance of understanding them. Participants will be asked to help interpret the symbols in the stories, bringing credibility to the information, and showing that interpreting symbols is remarkably simple and the information is relevant to the people of today. The video "The Box of Daylight" will be shown, and the stories of the Cannibal and Lazy Boy/Strong Man will also be discussed.

Preucel, Robert
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Shotridge in Philadelphia: Representing Northwest Coast peoples
This presentation focuses on how Louis Shotridge represented Northwest Coast people to a world audience at the Penn Museum. It will emphasize his exhibits, his lectures to school children, and his writings. Shotridge's goal was to raise up Northwest Coast cultures alongside other world cultures of the Chinese, Greek and ancient Near East.

Purvis, Diane
Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage
Whose Justice? Traditional Tlingit Law and the Deady Code
This paper examines the differences in legal interpretation between the Tlingit, the military, and the Oregon court that had jurisdiction over Alaska until 1884. Specifically, the thesis explores the conflicting definition of Indian Country and what it meant to the Tlingit. The cases of Kotkowot (1879) and Kitatah (1882) are used to demonstrate the disparities between traditional Tlingit law and the court of Justice Matthew P. Deady. The Oregon code is analyzed against the realities of southeast Alaska in the early 1880s. In conclusion, the fight for legal and other rights led to the formation of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB).

Ramos, Judith Daaxootsu
Tsisk’w Hít (Owl House), Gineixkwaan/Kwaashk’i Kwáan, Laaxaayík Kwáan
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
The Yakutat Tlingit and the Russians - 1795 to 1825 (Russian Traditions)
European and American accounts of the 1805 destruction of the Russian Fort at Ankouw, Yakutat.

Ramos, Judith Daaxootsu (with Elaine Abraham)
This is Kuxaankutaan’s (Dr. Frederica De Laguna’s) Song
(see Abraham, Elaine)

Ramos, Judith Daaxootsu (with George Ramos)
Traditional Management of Salmon at Yakutat.
This paper analyzes traditional ecological knowledge and practices associated with key salmon fisheries in the vicinity of Yakutat. Tlingit management of sockeye is especially emphasized.

Ramos, George Wooshjixoo Éesh
Daginaa Hít, L’uknax.ádi, Gunaaxoo Kwáan
Presenter, Our Warriors: Old and New Traditions
(see Bennett, George)

Reger, Douglas R. (with P. Bowers, T. Fifield, M. Moss, and V. Asp)
Northern Land Use Research, Inc.
Coffman Cove Community Archaeology Project
(see Bowers, Peter)

Roth, Chris
Genealogical Research in Southeast Alaska Native Communities:
Challenges, Rewards, and Solutions
This workshop focuses on the potentials, challenges, and benefits in developing accurate, culturally contextualized, and culturally sensitive genealogy projects in southeast Alaska. The presenter brings more than ten years' experience leading a genealogy project for the Tsimshian of British Columbia and Alaska and also led a genealogy project for the Cape Fox Corporation (Tlingit). Important topics to be covered include: finding and using publicly available sources; deploying relevant linguistic and cultural knowledge to interpret early sources; conducting interviews; charting genealogies in ways that are easily understood and used by community members of all educational levels; charting genealogies that take into account culturally relevant principles such as matrilineal descent, the fission and fusion of lineages, hereditary naming practices, and ceremonial adoption; use of computers and the Internet; confronting privacy issues and cultural concerns in the collection and distribution of information; the advantages and drawbacks of both small-scale and large-scale genealogy projects; the benefits of genealogical research for community and ceremonial life; and potentials of genealogy for political and administrative issues such as repatriation, enrollment, etc.

Sam, Bob Shaakanastáa
Teel’ Hít (Dog Salmon House), L'eeneidí, Aak'w Kwáan
Cemeteries: Documentation and History
An overview of the efforts to rehabilitate the Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sitka.

Sam, Bob Shaakanastáa
Repatriation of the Masks of Kaawa.ee to the Dog Salmon House, L’eeneidí clan, Auk Tribe

Sam, Bob Shaakanastáa
Sacred and Historic Sites
A discussion of strategies for facilitating tribal ownership of cemetery and historical sites in Southeast Alaska. (A resolution/petition will be presented for clan and clan house leaders to sign).

Sam, Bob Shaakanastáa (with J. Harper and Chief Adam Dick)
Clam Gardens of the Pacific Northwest: Sitka to Puget Sound
(see Harper, John)

Schulte, Priscilla
University of Alaska Southeast-Ketchikan Campus
Totem Pole Parks Tourism
Since the 1930s, the Federal Government has been involved in efforts to stimulate tourism in Southeast Alaska by the funding and sponsoring of totem pole carving and totem pole parks. This paper reviews the process by which traditionally clan owned stories and knowledge about the totem poles has become transformed into information for tourists. This paper highlights the development of Totem Bight State Park and discusses the work of the Head Carvers in this Civilian Conservation Corps sponsored project.

S'eiltin, Tanis Maria S'eiltín
Whale House, L’uknax.ádi, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)
Professional Visual Artist
Western Washington University, Bellingham
Presenter, Sharing Our Work: The Artists Speak
The Naming is an art installation that pays homage to the women of a mixed heritage family, created by a collaborative mother and daughter team, Tanis S'eiltin and Vanessa Omer, and exhibited in 2006 at Skagit Valley Community College, Washington. The work highlights the connection to a Tlingit matriarchal system and the social venue through which names are given; the potlatch. In a less obvious fashion, the work also honors the Mexican and Irish women on Omer's father's side, and underscores the social pressures of the past that encouraged ethnic families to melt into a pot, to become American without ties to cultural customs, traditions, language and arts.

Simard, James
Alaska State Library—Historical Collections
Access Points: Discovering family history resources in the Alaska State Library
Discovering family history resources in the Alaska State Libraries, Archives, and Museums. This presentation will introduce genealogical researchers to methods of accessing materials in our diverse collections, and will focus on electronic access points such as the Online Public Access Catalog, Digital Archives, Museum catalogs and more.

Simard, James
Selected Manuscript collections in the Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
A presentation introducing three small manuscript collections: Tlingit Indian genealogy notes and information, 1915-1926 (Shotridge, Louis), Ethel M. Montgomery papers, ca. 1934-1989. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Inc.), Vital statistics compiled from death certificates on file in the Auditor's Office, First Division of Alaska, 1898-1933 (Chappell, Herschel B.).

Smetzer, Megan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Opening the Drawer: Unpacking Tlingit Beadwork in Museums and Beyond
Given the lack of academic attention paid to Tlingit beadwork despite the enormous literature addressing Northwest Coast art, this paper introduces the wide-range of methodologies used to write a critical history of this significant artistic production. My approach includes utilizing a new theoretical framework, photographing beadwork in museum collections, examining historic photographs and documents, and most importantly, speaking with contemporary Tlingit beaders.

Taff, Alice Wudisheeyi Tláa
Language endangerment, who, where and why?

Teslin Tlingit Council Executive Council & Elders Council
Remembering the Old, Building the New: The Teslin Tlingit Council’s Tlingitization Initiative
Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) is the modern self-government of Deleseen Kwaan. It has grown out of the traditional Tlingit governance structure and strives to seek a balance between the traditional and the contemporary so as to best serve its citizens. TTC has been very successful to date with this balancing act and have taken the old imposed Indian Affairs structure and replaced it with a Tlingit model. The Elders of Deleseen Kwaan are now saying that what TTC has accomplished to date has been good and should be acknowledged as such but we need to further the Tlingitization of our government. This will involve much research and documentation of our traditional culture and we will learn this from our Elders. Once we relearn our language and culture then we will be able to better understand the further changes required.
The goal will be an authentic Tlingit government that is true to our language and culture while functioning in a modern world. We have just begun this new phase of Tlingitization and as our Elders have always told us we need to take our time so to make sure we do this right and in a good way.

Thornton, Thomas Yaanjiyeetgaax
Kaagwaantaan
Portland State University
Anatomy of a Traditional Cultural Property: The Saga of Auke Cape
This presentation analyzes the investigation and positive federal evaluation of Auke Cape as a Traditional Cultural Property (TCP), of the Auke Tlingit Kwáan, eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. It was slated to become the first such property to be formally recognized by the State of Alaska. So why is it stalled? We probe the politics, problems, and possibilities of the TCP nomination process.

Thornton, Thomas Yaanjiyeetgaax
Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Thornton, Thomas Yaanjiyeetgaax(with H. Kitka, R. Littlefield, and E. Makinen)
Mapping Salmon Stories, Events, and Names, an Exercise in Historical Ecology
This presentation illustrates how mapping stories, events, and names associated with specific fisheries can be a powerful tool in understanding the historical ecology of coastal zones.

Thorsen, Sue Laakdu.oo (with S. Henrikson)
Kaagwaantaan
Caring for At.óow at Sitka National Historical Park and the Alaska State Museum
In the 1960s, Sitka National Historical Park became the repository for the at.óow of several clans, thus beginning an enduring relationship continuing and expanding today. In the early 1980s, the Alaska State Museum embarked with several Native groups and the Sitka Kiks.ádi clan a program of ceremonial use of at.óow. Since then, both institutions have served as a repository for repatriated objects, working in concert with clans to secure and preserve their most cherished objects. This presentation outlines these programs, assesses their successes and challenges, and looks at the museum-clan relationships that may evolve in response to NAGPRA.

Truit, Gil Yeelxán
Noow Hít (Fort House), Wooshkitaan, Eagle/Wolf
The Cottages: A Brief History
A brief history of the "Cottages" and the people who resided there; their accomplishments, influences; and disappointments along with additional information about the most influential individuals and their impact upon society.

Turek, Mike (with M. Brock, and R.Craig, et al)
Collaborative Salmon Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Database Project.
The presentation will feature a demonstration of a multimedia database developed through collaborative research project to improve links between TEK and science . The database catalogues and configures a wide variety of local and traditional knowledge related to salmon ecology, harvest, and use.

Vanderhoop, Evelyn Kaajuud
Gwaii Git’ans, Git’anee, Eagle, Massett, Haida
Panelist, Issues in Contemporary Northern Northwest Coast Art

Vanderhoop, Evelyn Kaajuud
Presenter, Sharing Our Work: The Artists Speak

Verplank, Ashley
University of Washington
The Evolution of Tlingit Daggers
This presentation will provide a historical and visual overview of the changing function and form of the Tlingit Dagger. I will discuss how the materials used to create the daggers were tied to historical events on the coast and are in fact a testimony to contact and trade. The form of the dagger and the materials used directly related to its function within Native society.

Victor-Howe, Anne Marie Kaayóosh
Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Feeding the Ancestors: Tlingit Carved Horn Spoons
This presentation focuses on a collection of Tlingit ceremonial and shaman spoons carved from the horn of mountain goat and Dall sheep that were collected in the late nineteen century and are housed at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University. These elaborately carved spoons were far more than utilitarian objects. They played vital roles in ceremonies and social functions and served as elaborate records of important events. The account given about the post-funeral ceremony provides a context for how these spoons were used as a crucial medium through which food was transferred to humans and the spirits of the deceases.

Walton Shales, Joyce and the Walton Family (with S. Henrikson )
“No Place Like Home”: Documenting Walton Family History
This workshop reviews the process used by the Walton family of Sitka to document the 19th and 20th century history of their family, and the biography of Rudolph Walton, a prominent Sitka clan leader, artist, business owner, church member, and mediator. This presentation will outline steps taken to recover and document Walton history, through oral history, archival documents, historical photographs, and art

Williams, Lucy Fowler
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
It's Not Me Telling You This, It's Your Uncle, Louis Shotridge: Recorded Tlingit Social Identities in Photographs, Historical Texts, and Clan Regalia.
This presentation discusses the Shotridge Digital Archive Project at the Penn Museum. This project seeks to systematically digitize the Louis Shotridge collection, including artifacts, archival documents and photographs, and make it accessible to students and scholars, the Tlingit Indian community, and the general public. This information will be of considerable value to clans as they research their own histories.

Williams, Maria Shaan Tlaa
Aa Tlein Kwáan, Deisheetaan
University of New Mexico
Contemporary Traditional Alaska Native Music/Dance: What has survived the colonial period?
There is a resurgence in traditional music and dance among Alaska's many indigenous peoples. The people of southeastern Alaska have survived both the Russian and American colonial period. As we enter the 21st century we are witness to new dance groups, new dancers and young people eager to join traditional dance groups. What is different today than the music and dance that was practiced one hundred or two hundred years ago? What have we maintained as indigenous performers through two major colonial periods. Issues such as language loss, new song composition, surviving ceremonial repertoires will be discussed.

Wright, Robin K.
University of Washington--Burke Museum
Skidegate House Models
A report on planning for a collaborative traveling exhibit project between the Burke Museum, University of Washington, the Haida Gwaii Museum at Qay’llnagaay, the Skidegate community, and Chicago’s Field Museum. This exhibit will reassemble and return to Skidegate the model village of Skidegate including 29 house models and 43 model totem poles created for the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. It will include several newly carved house models to replace those (14) that remain missing and historical and contemporary photographs of the village of Skidegate (hlgaagilda ’llnagaay) and its residents. Working with Haida elders, descendants of the carvers, and families who lived in the houses, the exhibit will analyze the accuracy of the collector’s notes and reinterpret the model village from the Haida point of view.

Wright, Ted Xaagoon Gaax(with Andy Hope)
Kaagwaantaan
Moderator, Place-Based Education
(see Hope, Andy)

Funded in part by the National Science Foundation
Sponsors include the Southeast Alaska Native Educators Association and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0636203. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.