Karuk Tribe

The Karuk Tribe of California is initiating a project titled “Promoting Karuk Life: Capturing Our Culture,” which will improve and expand on existing library operations in Happy Camp and Orleans, CA. With the assistance of a consultant, library staff will organize and catalog their collections and make them Web-accessible. Local storytellers will entertain Karuk Head Start children and introduce them to the library environment. Trainings and workshops on how to use the library’s resources will be held for adults at the Karuk Tribe Community Computer Centers. And, in conjunction with the Karuk Language Program Coordinator, project staff will add more culturally relevant and culturally appropriate materials to the collections, with a particular focus on Karuk language materials, which will be acquired, cataloged, and converted to digital files for online access.