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GRANT IN AID TO FUND NATIVE COLLECTION & GALLERY REVIVAL

Thanks to a generous grant from the State Museum of Alaska Grant-in-Aid fund and additional funds from the Museum’s Phyllis Irish Memorial Fund, we are collaborating with the Valdez Native Tribe and Chugachmiut, Inc. to contract with Alaska Native knowledge keepers and elders in and around Prince William Sound who may be able to identify…

Stacked Extension September 26 – January 10

Artistry of the Alaskan First Peoples – Now on Exhibit

ARTISTRY OF THE ALASKAN FIRST PEOPLES: ECHOES OF TLINGIT, EYAK, AND SUGPIAQ CULTURE IN SCULPTED HERITAGE Artistry of the Alaskan First Peoples: Echoes of Tlingit, Eyak, and Sugpiaq Culture in Sculpted Heritage will highlight the Alaska Native artist Kaax̱ Tséen (Tlingit) and include elegant models of birch bark, moose skin, and other types of yaakw (canoes)….

Native Cultures

As far as we know, the area around Valdez was never permanently inhabited before the founding of the town by white settlers, although Natives did use the land for hunting and fishing. However, the area of Valdez’s broader “neighborhood” — Prince William Sound and the Copper River Basin — has been occupied by several different…

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