Squaxin Island Tribe

The Squaxin Island Tribe will initiate the Squaxin Legends and Storytelling Project as a youth engagement and storytelling documentation project that will take place at the Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center (MLRC). The project will build cultural awareness for Squaxin youth directly involved in the project as they listen to traditional stories and learn to use technological skills to express their new knowledge. Each participant will create a personal book in electronic or paper format. Storytelling sessions will be captured on video, resulting in over 80 hours of raw documentation of traditional stories. The project will preserve Squaxin traditional cultural expressions in a way that can be added to the permanent library collections and shared with others.