Native Village of Eyak

The Ilanka Cultural Center will further its mission to educate its community and visitors while perpetuating the traditions, skills, and cultures of the Native Village of Eyak by creating six children's picture books depicting traditional Eyak and Chugach legends. Project staff will hire six Tribal artists to provide illustrations for the legends and will oversee design and publication of approximately 450 copies of the books. The published books will be made available at the Cultural Center, as well as disseminated free of cost throughout the community, including to Tribal households with youth and the Cordova Public Library. As a result of this project, Tribal families will have a new engaging medium for passing down oral traditional knowledge and Tribal artists' work will be supported and showcased.