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Copyright © 2012 Sealaska Heritage InstituteAll rights reserved.

SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTEOne Sealaska Plaza, Suite 301Juneau, Alaska 99801907.463.4844 • 907.586.9293 (f) www.sealaskaheritage.org • www.alaskanativeartists.comwww.jineit.com

ISBN 978-0-9825786-8-1

Cover art and art featured on pages 2, 8, 14, 20, and 28 made by Tlingit artist Clarissa Rizal. Her works range from traditional pieces intended for ceremonial use to original contemporary pieces such as the collages featured in this book.

Design and composition by Kathy Dye.

PHOTO CREDITS Page 1, SHI President Rosita Worl by Scott Areman; page 3, Tlingit War Helmet made by Wayne Price by Brian Wallace; page 6, Mt. Saint Elias Dancers by Carolyn Cogan, Chilkat weaver Clarissa Rizal, weaver Holly Churchill, and masks by Kathy Dye; page 6, moccasin class students by Brian Wallace, artist Nathan Jackson holding pipe by Kathy Dye; page 9, students by Jordan Gibson; page 10, photos by Kathy Dye; page 12, Latseen Academy by Jordan Gibson, Latseen Hoop Camp by Crystal Worl; page 15, Chilkat blanket by Brian Wallace; page 16, Commander of the Tides mask courtesy of Hoonah Heritage Foundation, SoundScriber disc by Kathy Dye; page 18, Byron Mallott by Brian Wallace, Emily Moore by Dixie Hutchinson, Box of Knowledge by Kathy Dye; page 21, Dr. Walter Soboleff courtesy of Sealaska Corporation; pages 22–26, Walter Soboleff Center renderings by Vlad Irimescu of MRV Architects; page 42, Rosita Worl and Ed Thomas by Kathy Dye, Rosita Worl and Julie Kitka by Dixie Hutchinson, Ethel Lund photo courtesy of Dana Leask-Ruaro; page 44, Dr. Walter Soboleff by Brian Wallace.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE • 1

PROGRAMS

Native Art • 3

Education and Native Languages • 9

Collections and Research • 15

Walter Soboleff Center • 21

DONORS • 29

FINANCIALS • 38

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COUNCIL OF

TRADITIONAL SCHOLARS • 40

NATIVE ARTISTS COMMITTEE, STAFF • 41

AWARDS • 43

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is a regional Native nonprofit 501(c)(3)founded in 1980.

Our mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. Our goal is to promote cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding.

SHI administers cul-tural and educational programs.

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President’s MessageThe year 2011 was a year of change for us at Sealaska Heritage Institute. Our longtime Chair, Dr. Walter Soboleff, “Walked Into the Forest” at the age of 102. Fluent in Tlingit and a scholar on traditional ways, he was a valued member of our team at Sealaska Heritage Institute and is sorely missed. But his legacy will live on. In 2011, we announced our new center in Juneau will be named for him. The Walter Soboleff Center will be the premiere facility for Southeast Alaska Native arts and exhibits and study of Native cultures. In 2011, we continued our fundraising campaign and worked with an architectural firm on the design. We think Dr. Soboleff would be proud. In 2011, we also made headlines outside of Alaska when we showcased Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian artists at the renowned Santa Fe Indian Market. We went there to introduce ourselves, our art, and our culture to people at the the largest Native art market in the world. We think that the more people know about Southeast Alaska Native art, the more demand will grow for this distinctive Northwest Coast art. Our next Celebration in 2012 will feature an expanded Native art market, as we move toward emulating the market in Santa Fe. We hope you will join us there!

—ROSITA WORLPRESIDENT

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The wood carvings, basketry, weavings, and other cultural pieces made by the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian are distinctive in the art world and sought by collectors across the globe. Some of the most ancient objects are found in museums as far flung as England and Russia. Modern Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian make cultural objects to this day, and the pieces presented at ceremonies are considered to be clan at.óowu (sacred clan treasurers). But in the last decade, master Native artists grew concerned that emerging artists were not learning the ancient designs properly and that some art practices, such as spruce root weaving, were becoming endangered. In response, SHI expanded its art program to include:

A biennial Juried Art Show and Competition•Native art workshops•Native art markets•Two Native art websites•Publication of Native art books•Commissions of monumental art•

Our goal is to ensure the survival and evolution of the unique Northwest Coast art and create economic opportunities for our artists across the region.

Native Art and At.óow

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2011

Santa Fe Indian Market. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Mt. Saint Elias Dancers. Chilkat weaver Clarissa Rizal with a Chilkat robe in progress. Weaver Holly Churchill. SHI Arts and Culture Specialist Rico Worl with masks and jewelry by Nicholas Galanin.

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In 2011, SHI sponsored a Native art market for Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian at the Santa Fe Indian Market in New Mexico. The goals were to better educate art enthusiasts and collectors about Southeast Alaska’s distinctive indigenous art and to eventually develop a similar market in Alaska. SHI’s events included Native art demonstrations, art sales, dance-and culture performances by the Mt. Saint Elias Dancers of Yakutat, and a high fashion show of regalia and contemporary Native clothing. The Santa Fe Indian Market has been instrumental in creating worldwide demand for Southwest Indian art. Such a market in Alaska would be a boon for the state and for Native artists struggling to make a living, said SHI President Rosita Worl, noting the Santa Fe market has made some Native artists there prosperous. “It provides them with a good living,” Worl said. “Some have said it’s their livelihood for the entire year. And the benefit it brings to businesses there in Santa Fe is also something that would be good for our economy.” SHI provides other retail opportunities for Native artists as well, including an art store, Jineit, which is located in the tourism district of Juneau. In 2011, the institute created a searchable e-commerce site for the store at www.jineit.com. SHI also operates the art web www.alaskanativeartists.com.

Native Art and At.óow {Native Art Markets}

2011

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2011

TOP: In 2011, SHI sponsored workshops on how to make moccasins in Juneau and Angoon. ABOVE: Student with moccasin in progress. LEFT: Tlingit carver Nathan Jackson at the British Museum studying an old pipe inlaid with abalone. In 2011, a SHI delegation traveled to the museum to document the collection for a book.

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In recent years, Tlingit Elder Anita Lafferty urged SHI to sponsor workshops on how to make moccasins. People were forgetting how to make them, she said. SHI responded in late 2010 by sponsoring a moccasin workshop taught by Anita Lafferty. In 2011, Anita “Walked Into The Forest.” But, the first workshop proved to be so popular, the institute has continued them. In 2011, SHI’s Carmaleeda Estrada taught two workshops in Angoon and Juneau for almost forty students. Some of the students caught on so quickly, they were able to make a complete set of moccasins by the end of the class, each of which ran three days. The institute also sponsored a trip to England in 2011 to document Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian objects at the British Museum. The delegation included SHI’s Donald Gregory, an artist, and the famous Tlingit artist Nathan Jackson. The museum has a wide range of objects, including some very old Chilkat robes and a rare bentwood box made from baleen. SHI plans to publish a book on the British Museum collection, which many Native artists have never seen. In addition, SHI partnered with Perseverance Theatre to sponsor the Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous, a five-week program for young people with an interest in theatre. SHI sponsored scholarships for Native actors to participate in The Woman Who Married the Bear, a play based on a Tlingit story.

Native Art and At.óow {Workshops, Publications, Performing Arts}

2011

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We know for a fact that Native children do better academically when they know who they are—when they are familiar with their history, language, and culture. At Sealaska Heritage Institute, we work to integrate Native culture and languages into classrooms. We also develop teaching materials, including books, curriculum, and interactive tools and provide professional development to train teachers to use our materials. In addition, the institute sponsors an annual academy for middle school children where we cultivate the art of leadership through camp activities and coursework based on traditional and scientific knowledge. And, we sponsor an annual camp that integrates basketball with language learning. Through this camp, students retain Native languages because they have fun while they’re learning. SHI also makes annual scholarship awards to Native students enrolled in college or voc-tech school.

Education and Native Languages

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2011

TOP: SHI released The Road to ANCSA, 11-units of social studies materials for grade 6. Staff also taught more than 200 teachers how to use its materials, which include fun exercises. ABOVE: In 2011, SHI unveiled Let’s Learn Tlingit, flash cards for learning the Tlingit alphabet.

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Education and Native Languages {Materials Development, Scholarships}

2011In 2011, SHI released The Road to ANCSA (The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), an 11-unit social studies curriculum for grade 6 that incorporates a method called the Developmental Language Process (DLP), which has been shown to help students retain language. The text is available online at www.sealaskaheritage.org and includes units on:

Creation Story•Migration Story•Alaska Native Groups•Traditional Beliefs•Ancient Trade•Southeast Alaska Communities•

The institute in 2011 also released flash cards, an audio CD, and an online interactive tool designed to teach the Tlingit alphabet to young people. The materials feature original, whimsical art and are meant to provide a fun way for kids to interact and become familiar with the Tlingit alphabet. Each card includes a character in the Tlingit alphabet, a Tlingit word that uses that character, and an image depicting the Tlingit word. SHI distributed the card sets and CDs to more than a dozen teachers with Tlingit language programs in Southeast Alaska and posted the materials on the institute’s web. The institute in 2011 also distributed $447,000 in scholarships to students attending college or voc-tech school.

Clans and Moieties•K• u.éex’ (Ceremonies)Native Arts•Traditional Shelters•Contact•

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TOP: 2011 Latseen Leadership Academy. ABOVE AND RIGHT: SHI teaches basketball and Native languages at its annual Latseen Hoop Camps.

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SHI in 2011 sponsored its annual Latseen Leadership Academy for students in grades 6-8. This year’s camp in Juneau drew forty-eight students from Southeast Alaska and as far away as Fairbanks, and Oregon. At the eight-day camp, the institute used its Developmental Language Process materials and gave tests before and after to assess their effectiveness. The results were significant: students improved their post-test scores in Tlingit by 53 percent. They showed 13 percent improvement in math and 26 percent improvement in science. “The test scores show the DLP method is working. Students are learning the content and retaining it,” said Joshua Ream, SHI curriculum specialist. The DLP materials are designed to increase students’ vocabulary in each of the content areas. The vocabulary words are selected from the State Academic Standards, and the words are incorporated into activities to make learning fun. The students also met new people, worked in teams, and built skills. Students learned how to process fish for the smokehouse, sew ceremonial vests, and make copper jewelry. SHI in 2011 also sponsored its annual Latseen Hoop Camps in Hoonah and Juneau for almost forty students. This is an innovative program designed to teach Native languages to kids through basketball. We think this approach helps kids retain language because it makes learning fun! The camps were taught by Ralph Wolfe, Jordan Gibson, De’Andre Jazz King, Mischa Jackson, Josh Jackson, Jessica Chester and Michaela Demmert.

Education and Native Languages {Latseen Academy, Latseen Hoop Camps}

2011

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SHI houses rare books, historical photographs, audiovisual recordings, manuscript materials, and ethnographic 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 purchase. 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 for its collections and to assist researchers. SHI also fosters research of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures through its Visiting Scholars Program. Scholars who are accepted into the program are given logistical support and introductions to people in the Native community. SHI further supports research by sponsoring an annual lecture series featuring speakers doing research of importance to the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. The institute also sponsors an internship program to foster Alaska Native students pursuing careers in archives and museums–fields that are currently underrepresented by Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian.

Collections and Research

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2011

TOP: Commander of the Tides, a Hoonah mask repatriated in 2011. ABOVE: Historic SoundScriber disc containing audio record-ing of Kake land claims testimony, 1945.

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Collections and Research {Archives, Objects, Internship Program}

2011In 2011, SHI helped the T’akdeintaan Clan, Mt. Fairweather House, of Hoonah repatriate eight old, cultural objects illegally sold to an east coast museum in the 1920s. The clan has been trying for sixteen years to repatriate a collection of 50 objects owned by the Mt. Fairweather House (a sub division of the clan) but held by the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The repatriated objects include a wooden box drum, a robe known as the Lituya Bay Robe, a mask known as Owl of the Heavens, a mask known as Commander of the Tides, a headdress known as Little Ravine, a head cover formed from a corner piece of a Chilkat blanket, a rattle featuring a loon, human and raven’s head, and a tobacco pipe. The institute also received a federal grant to research and migrate old Tlingit language recordings to a format that will make them more accessible to modern-day Native language students and scholars. The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will allow SHI to migrate more than one hundred recordings of people speaking Tlingit to a digital format. Some of the recordings date to the early 1900s. SHI also in 2011 joined with the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) in an internship program designed to foster more archivists and museum curators. SHI’s first Tlingit intern under the program, founded in 2011 by UAS, was just accepted into a graduate school in California to pursue a career in archives and given a full scholarship.

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2011

TOP: First Alaskans Fel-low Byron Mallott giving a lecture on ANCSA at SHI’s 2011 lecture series. ABOVE: 2011 Visiting Scholar Emily Moore. LEFT: SHI’s new oc-casional paper series Box of Knowledge.

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Collections and Research {Lectures, Scholars, Occasional Papers}

Alaska made history in the 1970s when it settled its Native land claims by forming Native corporations instead of reservations. The federal law that paved the way was the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, known as ANCSA. In 2011, SHI made ANCSA the focus of its annual lecture series, in recognition of the fortieth anniversary of the act. The November lecture series included talks by First Alaskans Fellow Byron Mallott, Tlingit and Haida Central Council President Ed Thomas, Scholar Tom Thornton, Sealaska Corporation President and CEO Chris E. McNeil, and SHI President Rosita Worl, an anthropologist. The series was videotaped and may be viewed online at www.sealaskaheritage.org. SHI also hosted Ph.D. Candidate Emily Moore through its Visiting Scholars Program. Moore is studying Southeast Alaska totem parks created during the Great Depression. Moore gave a lecture in 2011 and screened a recently rediscovered newsreel about the parks from 1949. The institute in 2011 also announced its new Box of Knowledge Occasional Papers series. The series will be a platform for essays covering all aspects of Alaska Native life, including history, anthropology, archaeology, art history, political science, linguistics, sociology, and literature.

2011

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SHI is planning to build a new center named after Dr. Walter Soboleff, a Tlingit Native of the Raven, Dog Salmon clan. He was a spiritual leader who helped Native and non-Native people alike at a time when segregation was the norm. Throughout his life, he worked tirelessly to advance Native civil rights. Dr. Soboleff’s generosity of spirit and small acts of kindness made him a giant of a man to people across Alaska. He practiced our traditional Native values, especially Haa Shagóon—honoring our past while preparing a better future for our children’s children. He was also important to the institute: he served on our Board of Trustees since 1985 and as our Chair since 1988 up until the day he died. He was also a member of SHI’s Council of Traditional Scholars and gave us valued guidance along the way. In May 2011, Dr. Soboleff “Walked Into The Forest” at age 102, but his accomplishments and people whose lives he touched live on. The Walter Soboleff Center will be a physical manifestation of Haa Shagóon and all the ideals he held dear.

Walter Soboleff Center

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2011The Walter Soboleff Center will be located in the historic district of downtown Juneau. The center will help Alaska Natives to share their heri-tage, culture, language, and place in a diverse and rapidly evolving society.

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2011Walter Soboleff Center

{Capital Campaign, Design}

The Walter Soboleff Center will be a facility that will perpetuate the arts, revitalize Native languages, enhance diversity in the community and nation, and allow SHI to continue growing and flourishing for years to come. In 2011, SHI continued its campaign to raise $20 million to build the center. The Alaska State Legislature and Alaska governor in 2011 included a $5 million appropriation in the state budget for the center, bringing the state’s total contribution toward the project up to $7 million. SHI also is pursuing donations from other sources, including foundations and corporations. Sealaska Corporation donated the lot for the center, which will be located in downtown Juneau, Alaska’s capital. In 2011, SHI also worked with MRV Architects on the design, engineering, and layout of the facility. The 29,000 sq. ft. center will be designed to meet LEED Gold standards. It will have four floors, and include space for SHI’s offices. It will be steps away from the capitol building, cruise ship docks, and museums.

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TOP: Ceremonial space. ABOVE: Jinéit, a Native art store. LEFT: The lobby and other spaces will feature Native art.

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{Native Art, Ceremonial Space}

The center will be a showcase and marketplace for Alaska Native art. Both traditional and modern Native art installations from artists and collectors will appear throughout the building. The center will house Jinéit, a retail store offering authentic Native art. The store will include space for artist demonstrations. The facility also will have spaces for artists to create monumental art, such as totem poles and dugout canoes. In addition, SHI will hold art workshops year round on courses such as formline design, skin sewing, and wood carving. Our goal is to ensure the survival and evolution of the unique Northwest Coast art and create economic opportunities for our artists across the region. A ceremonial space designed in the tradition of a clan house is a major element in the new center. With its terraced flooring, anticipated use of locally available woods, and traditional artwork, the ceremonial space will be available for presentations, workshops, and performing arts.

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2011

TOP: The center will have classrooms and include a living history center with distance learning technology for Natives, scholars, visitors, and the general public. ABOVE: Public space for rotating exhibits. LEFT: The ground floor lobby will lead to the exhibits area.

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{Exhibits, Research, Living History Center}

SHI leads the scholarly research of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures and histories. The institute also provides support to research scholars and facilitates meetings between scientists and Native Alaskans. The new center will fill a need for more public education and insight into traditional Native cultures. It will also provide a richer, more context-filled experience. The facility will include a large space for public exhibitions of ethnographic objects owned by SHI and pieces owned by other collectors. The exhibition space will link to a space for artists to make monumental art. The center also will include classrooms for workshops and lectures on Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. It will house a living history center with distance learning technology for Natives, scholars, visitors, and the general public. The entire basement level will house a research facility, climate-controlled collections storage, and work areas for SHI’s staff and visiting scholars. The new center will make the institute’s world-class ethnographic collection widely accessible to the general public.

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DonorsSealaska Heritage Institute is a nonprofit organization and relies on public funds and private donations to provide programs for the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian plus scholars, visitors, and the general public. The institute is a 501(c)(3) organization so all contributions are tax deductible. SHI gratefully acknowledges our 2011 donors, which included businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and more than four-hundred individuals. We especially want to acknowledge the Alaska State Legislature and Alaska Governor Sean Parnell for making a significant commitment to our Walter Soboleff Center in 2011. Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa, T’oyaxs. Thank you.

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2011Institute of Museum and •Library ServicesNational Science •FoundationNational Park Service, •

$10,000 AND UP (CORPORATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND GOVERNMENT)

NAGPRASealaska Corporation•State of Alaska•U.S. Department of •Education, ANEP

Alaska Humanities Forum•Association on American •Indian AffairsAT&T•Behrends Mechanical•Boyer Towing, Inc.•

$1,000—$9,999 (CORPORATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND GOVERNMENT)

Elgee Rehfeld Mertz, LLC•Huna Heritage •FoundationMRV Architects•The Eyak Corporation•Van Ness Feldman•

Advanced Janitorial •ServicesAlaska Litho•American Seafoods •CompanyBlack Rhino Marketing•BP America, Inc.•Eagle Capital •Management Erisa Compliance •Associates

UP TO $999 (CORPORATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND GOVERNMENT)

Juneau Lions Club•Martin Environmental•McDowell Group, Inc.•Morgan Howard •ProductionsSealaska Corporation •ShareholdersSimpson, Tillinghast, & • SorensenSunrise Aviation•United Way •

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2011Donors (con’t.)

Kadinger, Lee•Kleefeld, Carolyn•Kleefeld, Carla •Mallott, Anthony and •

$1,000—$9,999 (INDIVIDUALS)

AmandaMcNeil, Mary and Chris•Worl, Rosita•

Ackerman, Brian•Ackerman-sedivy, Peggy•Ackert, Yvonne•Adams, Jean•Allen, Betty•Almeida, Wilbert•Alsup Hart, Serena•Ames, Molly•Anderson, Ashley•Anderson, August•Anderson, Susan•Andrianoff, Susan•Antioquia, Todd•Araujo, Antone•Araujo, Jade•Araujo, Jaeleen•Araujo, Maya•Arrington, Marilyn•Austin, Keith•Austin, Lena•Backford, Billy•Baldwin, Walter•Ballard, Zina•Barenie, Linda•Barnes, Nancy•

UP TO $999 (INDIVIDUALS)

Beach, Jennifer•Beck, Charles•Beierly, Andrew•Belarde, Linda•Belk, Constance•Bell, Tana•Bennett, Roberta•Berkley, Heather•Berretta, Jeanne•Berry, Marion•Bird, Barbara•Bird, John•Blake, Barbara•Boal, Kimi•Boland, Amy•Boland, Travis•Bolanos, Debra•Bolima, William•Booth, Rowena•Borchers, Carol•Bradford, Florence•Brainard, Madeline•Breinig, Jeane•Brooks, Mitchell•Brooks, Graehl•

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2011Brown, Hilory•Brown, Conrad•Bryson, Henry•Byrd, David•Cabrera, Maria•Canul-Dunne, Victoria•Carle, Charlie•Carlson, Natalia•Carlson-Arnold, Dayna•Casperson, Paula•Castaneda-Felipe, •AureliaCastillo, John•Cesar, Delfin•Cesar, Marlene•Channell, Martha•Charles, Paul•Charley, Liana•Chavarria, Tamera•Chester Jr, Mark•Chew, Marcella•Chilton, Alicia•Christomos, Laurie•Chulik, Paul•Chulik, Isabel•Churchill, Barbara•Clark, Estella•Clark, Louise•Cleland, Deborah•Cline, Allan•Cogley, Wendy•Collins, Heleena•Cook, Elizabeth•Cook, Matthew•Cox, Valentin•

Crane, Robert•Curtis, Claudette•Dabaluz, Gail•Dailey, Eleanor•Dailey, Jennifer•Dalton, Sylvia•Davenport, Terry•DeAsis, Milton•DeGroat, Candida•Demmert, Mildred•Demmert, Ruth•Dexter, John•Dick, Cavan•Dick, Russell•Dick, Tevin•Didrickson, Carlos•Didrickson, Sharon•Dixon, Michael•Doucette, Lorraine•Douglas, Michael•Drake, Donna•Duncan, Desiree•Duncan, Jon•Dundas, Reba•Dundas, Lisa•Dunne, Francis•Dybdahl, Johan•Dybdahl, Paul•Dybdahl, Sarah•Dye, Kathy•Easton, Tamara•Edenshaw, Sidney•Emery, Albert•Emery, Joseph•Enloe, Cheryle•

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Erickson, Justin•Evenson, Lorissa•Farmer, Hope•Farquharson, Martha•Fergestrom, Wilma•Fernandez, Ceasar•Fields, Audrey•Fiorella, Marguerite•Fish, Esther•Fisher, Violet•Fisher, Lisa•Flores, Arlene•Fluetsch, Bradley•Flygare, Clarkelle•Flygare, Delores•Folletti, Susan•Foss, Lola•Frank, Albert•Frank, Oscar•Frankforter, Hazel•Frederiksen, Derik•Frederiksen, Glenn•Freiberg, Joyce•Furlow, Jeffrey•Gage, Amelia•Gage, Robin•Garcia, Clara•Garnick, Ptarmica•Garza, Corrine•Gauthun, Sheila•George, Lawrence•George, Phyllis•Gilbert, John•Gilbert, Pacita•Ginger, Kristine•

Giroux, Karen•Glatzmaier, Michael•Goddard, Doris•Goenett, George•Goodrich, Lloyd•Goodwin, Kellie•Gordon, Charles•Gordon, Larry•Gouge, Vivian•Grabhorn, Laura•Grant, Andrew•Grant, Lori•Greene, Kelly•Greer, Melanie•Greig, Ellen•Gubatayao, John•Guerrero, Maximo•Gulledge, Roberta•Guthrie, Judylee•Guthrie, Floyd•Haaseth, Einar•Haerling, Christopher•Hale, Albert•Hallingstad, Nicole•Hamblet, Edward•Hamilton, Ryan•Hammer, William•Harmon, Monica•Harris, Clara•Harris, Rick•Harris, Thomas•Haws, Elizabeth•Heaton Sheufelt, Janice•Henry, Arlene•Hill, David•

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2011Hillman, Lou•Hoffay, Sonya•Hooey, Theodore•Hotch, Marsha•Howard, Devyn•Howard, Elizabeth•Howard, George•Howard, Klae•Howard, Morgan•Howard, Roan•Hoyt, Rob•Hoyt, Henrietta•Hoyt, Kathryn•Hoyt, Michael•Hughan, Jennifer•Hughes, Marlene•Hunter, Jacqueline•Hutchinson, Irma•Jackson, Robert•Jackson, Clarence•Jackson, Lornell•Jacobson, Dora•James, Benjamin•James, Esther •James, Marion•James, Norman•Jameson, Vincent•Jensen, Peter•John, Jessy•Johnsen, Christopher•Johnson, Harlan•Johnson, Jacqueline•Johnson, Marlene•Johnson, Stanley•Jones, Bruce•

Jones, Zachary•Jovick, Paul•Kadinger, Lee•Kadinger, Louise•Kanen, Evelyn•Kasbohm, Donald•Ketah, Beth•Kilmer, Richard•Kline, Valerie•Knight, Donna•Kookesh, Sally•Kookesh, Elaine•Korthuis, Sasha•Krontz, Dean•Kuchinsky, Steven•Kuhlman, Virginia•Kuhnau, Sandra•Laborn, Tava•Lambert, Connie•Lambert, Kevin•Lamp, Laurie•Landol, Samuel•Lauth, Frederick•Lawrence, David•Lea, Kathleen•Leask, D•Leask, Lucinda•Leask, Robert•Lemke, Vivian•Lewis, Kenneth•Light, Tiara•Lincoln, Edward•Ling, Dorcey•Little, Daniel•London, Joseph•

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Lopez, Theresa•Lucas, Tara•Luckhurst, Vince•Lund, Ethel•Lundy, Richard•Lynn, Dori•Macasaet, Melodie•Mackey, Patricia•Mallott, Benjamin•Mallott, Byron and •AntoinetteManuel, Symsi•Marks, Erik•Martin, Robert•Martin, Hilary•Martin, Joan•Marvin, Wallace•Maslowski, Ruth•Mason, Judith•Matthews, Marie•Matthews Whitlock, •KimberlyMaughan, Jeanne•McAlpin, Patrick•McClure, Linda•McClure, Michael•McClure, Steven•McCullough, Robert•McLane, Steve•McQueen, Curtis•McVey, Ilya•Metz, Lizabeth•Middleton, Gloria•Miller, Charlene•Miller, Laurie•

Miller, Michael•Milligan, Sandra•Mills, Ernest•Mintz, Alan•Mitchell, Catrina•Mitchell, Johanna•Mitchell, John•Monares, Dennis•Moran, Jeffrey•Morato, Claudio•Morris, Alice•Morrison, Brendan•Moy, Brian•Moy, Cheri•Murphy, Frank•Nelson, Margaret•Nelson, Barbara•Nelson, Norval•Ness, Loretta•Ness, Christine•Nevers, Cathleen•Newland, Jeannette B•Newman, Carlene•Nickolai, Ethan•Nielsen, Anna•Nielsen, Marie•Norton, Dawn•Novela, Jenna•Novela, John•Novela, Dianna•O Connell, Michael•Obert, Michael•Oehler, David•Olsen Smith, Karla•Orazio, Joseph•

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2011Orr, Elizabeth•Ozanich, Terrance•Parham, Consuelo•Paris, Ruth•Parker, Carol•Parks, Cathleen•Patrick, Barbara•Paul, Tyrone•Peele, Roxanne•Perez-Felipe, Cecilia•Perry, Elizabeth•Peters, Darold•Peters, Edna•Peterson, Reginald•Peterson, Marjorie•Phillips, Catherine•Phipps, Rodney•Phipps, John•Pleasants, Samuel•Pratt, Walter•Preston, Caleb•Pritchett, Tammy•Pruett, Lorie•Puckett, Crystal•Quinto, Julian•Raines, Davina•Ramey, Kevin•Ramos, Judith•Ratliff, Mary•Refuerzo III, James•Revels, Kimberly•Reynolds, Florence•Richert, Callen•Richert, Maxine•Richey, Patricia•

Rickard, Lonnie•Rodriguez, Helen•Rose, Richard•Ross, Joseph•Rowan, Blake•Rowan, Mia•Rud, Walter•Ruddy, Kathy•Samaniego, Sandy•Sanders, Larry•Sanderson, Ray•Sanford, Lamar•Santana, Verla•Sargent, Christopher•Schrack, Linda•Schultz, Benjamin•Scott, Rose•Seegert, Elizabeth•Shafer, Janice•Shea, Irene•Sheakley, Amber•Shewbert, James•Silva, Tanya•Skartvedt, Betty•Smathers, Wilma•Smetzer, Gerald•Smith, Thelma•Smith, Diane•Smith, John•Smythe, Chuck•Soboleff, Jacob•Spires, Theresa•Stack, Lyle•Stearns, Beverly•Stedman, Lori•

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Steele, Priscilla•Stein, Garth•Stevick, Desmona•Stewart, Loretta•Stivers, Stuart•Stokes, Gilbert•Strong, Daniel•Sumey, Janet•Sutton, Rita•Tabafunda, Judy•Tansy, Douglas•Tassell, Patrick•Taylor, Philip•Thomas, Cindy•Thomas, Kerri•Thomas, Rhiannon•Thomas, William•Thomas, Edward•Thomas, Joyce•Thompson, Terri•Thurston, Barbara•Tripp, Arlene•Tynan, Pat •Van Horn, Timothy•Vandel, Richard•Vermeulen, Pearl•Verney, Darrel•Walder, Carmel•Waldron, Robin•Wallace, Carol•Walter, Carmelita•Walters, Robert•

Walters, George•Warden, Kathleen•Wark, Kyle•Watson, Harry•Weathers, David•Weedman, Jeanetta•Weir, Patrick•Weiser, Janice•Weston, Paul•White, Julie•White, Lily•White, Deborah•Wilcox, Roberta•Williams, Fredrick•Williams, Franklin•Williams, Ronald•Williams, Savannah•Wilson, William•Wilson, Marilyn•Wisdom, Caryn•Wolfe, Ronald•Worl, Lillian•Worl, Miranda•Worl, Ricardo•Worl, Rico•Worl Jr., Ricardo•Worl, Rod•Wright, Irving•Wright, Daniel•Yugulis, Barbara•Zane, Stacie•Zastrow, Lewis•

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2011Revenues and Support Contributions and Grants Sales, Dues and Fees Total Investment Income/(Loss)Net Assets Released from Restrictions Total Revenues and Support and Net Assets Released from Restrictions

Expenses Program Services Support Services Management and General Resource Development Total Expenses

Change in Net Assets

Net Assets, Beginning of Year Endowments Other Net Assets Total Net Assets, December 31, 2009Net Assets, End of Year Endowments Other Net Assets Total Net Assets, December 31, 2011

Unrestricted

3,775,41918,242

3,84158,041

3,855,543

1,439,875

1,272,435191,660

2,903,970

951,573

-2,118,6362,118,636

-3,070,2093,070,209

2011

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2011Financials

Temporarilyrestricted

62,741

2,111(58,041)

6,811

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6,811

58,99376,388

135,381

110,84531,347

142,192

Permanentlyrestricted

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-

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-

100,00091,000

191,000

100,00091,000

191,000

Total

3,838,16018,242

5,952-

3,862,354

1,439,875-

1,272,435191,660

2,903,970

958,384

158,9932,286,0242,445,017

210,8453,192,5563,403,401

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011 (Summary Financial Statement—compiled from audited report)

2011

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2011BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dr. Walter Soboleff, Chair•Marlene Johnson, Chair (succeeded Soboleff mid 2011)•Robert Martin, Vice-Chair•Joe Nelson, Secretary•Clarence Jackson•Ethel Lund•Nancy Barnes•Jeane Breinig•Mike Miller•

COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL SCHOLARSClarence Jackson, Chair•Ken Grant•Joe Hotch•David Katzeek•Paul Marks•George Ramos•Dr. Walter Soboleff•

Board of TrusteesCouncil of Traditional Scholars

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2011Native Artists Committee Staff

NATIVE ARTISTS COMMITTEESteve Brown•Holly Churchill•Nicholas Galanin•Nathan Jackson•

STAFFDr. Rosita Worl, President•Linda Belarde, Curriculum Specialist•Sarah Dybdahl, Projects Manager•Kathy Dye, Media and Publications Director•Carmaleeda Estrada, Development Associate•Lola Foss, Director of Finance and Human Resources•Donald Gregory, Administrative Assistant•Katrina Hotch, Administrative Assistant•Rick Huteson, Scholarship Administrator•Zachary Jones, Archivist and Collection Manager•Lee Kadinger, Chief of Operations•Michael Obert, Administrative Assistant •Elizabeth Perry, Development Director, Senior Grant Writer•Joshua Ream, Curriculum Development Specialist•Daniel Strong, Research Associate•Rico Worl, Arts and Culture Specialist•

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2011

TOP: Tlingit and Haida Central Council President Ed Thomas giving Worl the council’s Lifetime Achievement Award. ABOVE: Worl accepting the AFN’s Citizen of the Year award. In back, AFN Presi-dent Julie Kitka. LEFT: SHI Trustee Ethel Lund with the 2011 Shirley Demientieff Award given by the governor of Alaska.

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2011Awards

In 2011, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell gave the Shirley De-mientieff Award to Tlingit Elder and SHI Trustee Ethel Lund. The award is given each year at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention by the governor for advocacy on behalf of Alaska Native women and children. Lund, originally of Wrangell, is one of the founders of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), and she served as its president. SEARHC began in 1975 as a small organization led by an Alaska Native volunteer board of direc-tors—mostly women from remote villages. Over the last three decades, SEARHC has grown into one of the largest health care organizations in Alaska. Also in 2011, SHI President Rosita Worl won the annual Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Worl called it “a great honor to be recognized by your tribe and your people.” Central Council is a tribal government representing more than 27,000 Tlingit and Haida Indians worldwide The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) in 2011 gave to Worl its Citizen of the Year award. At the awards ceremony, AFN President Julie Kitka presented the federation’s highest honor, saying Worl “had dedicated her life to helping Native people from one corner of the state to the other.”

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DR. WALTER SOBOLEFF TLINGIT LEADER • TraDITIONAL SCHOLAR • SHI CHAIR

NOVEMBER 14, 1908–MAY 22, 2011

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