Sitka Tribe of Alaska (IRA)

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska will undertake the Treasures in the Attic project to digitize, translate, and transcribe Tlingit recordings and develop curriculum materials. Small collections of audio and video recordings dating from as early as the 1950s have been identified in private holdings and will be donated to the Sitka Tribe Archival Repository (STAR) Library. The community of Sitka, researchers, and educators are interested in accessing these treasures, but they first need to be digitized. This project plans for community participation, preservation and archival activities, digitization for library and internet access, and curriculum development. Oral history and traditional knowledge from this area will be added to the information available to scientists and researchers, as well as community members who want to research family connections that have been lost.