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Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative (IFAI)

Fayetteville,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Alaska Native

Our mission is to enhance the health and wellness of tribal communities by advancing healthy food systems, diversified economic development, and cultural food traditions.

Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI)

Seattle,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Alaska Native

IWRI is an transdisciplinary institute at the University of Washington and is housed at the School of Social Work. Our vision is to support the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples to achieve full and complete health and wellness.

Iñupiat Heritage Center

Utqiagvik,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native, Iñupiat

The Iñupiat Heritage Center (IHC) brings people together to promote and perpetuate Iñupiat history, language and culture. This dynamic interaction between the Iñupiat and their environment fosters the awareness, understanding and appreciation of the Iñupiat way of life from generation to generation. The Heritage Center promotes tourism and supports Iñupiat artists by providing a place in which to work on and showcase arts and crafts. It also serves to support the whaling traditions of the Iñupiat by making available the Traditional Room for construction or repair of traditional whaling boats and other subsistence tools. The Heritage Center provides a place for cultural revitalization efforts as well as serving the departments of the borough through its services and by providing meeting space for public events. Our multi-purpose room and classroom are available to rent for hosting events from outreach classes to department meetings.

Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center (JKHC)

Klukwan,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native

In the 1970’s a movement toward the culture began to take place. In 1976 the Chilkat Indian Village Tribal Government passed an ordinance preventing the sale or removal of clan trust property without the knowledge and approval of the tribal government. The return to the culture was slow in progressing at first but really began to pick up some momentum after the Klukwan Healing Robe was started in the fall of 1992 and the Whale House Trial was held in 1993. A plan to build the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center began to take shape when the village held a strategic planning session in January of 2002. The Heritage Center is helping to addresses the village/clan’s pressing issue of where to put the precious clan treasures that are no longer housed in clan houses and the community’s desire to rebuild and restore our cultural heritage.

Kake Tribal Corporation

Kake,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native, Tlingit / Lingít

Katirvik Cultural Center

Nome,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native

To preserve, celebrate, share and educate about the unique Indigenous knowledge and cultures of the Bering Strait Region of Alaska. The Center strives to inspire cooperative dialogue and improve cultural awareness in its communities and visitors through programs in the arts, sciences and the humanities.

Ketchikan Indian Community

Ketchikan,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native

A federally recognized Indian Tribe, incorporated in 1940, serving 6,000+ Alaska Native and American Indians in Southeast Alaska.

Khu.éex’

Seattle,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Alaska Native

Funk/Jazz/Experimental interpretations of Alaskan Native living traditional culture with spoken word, storytelling, and beat poetry.

Knik Museum

Wasilla,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native, Settler

Established in 1967, the Knik Museum and Mushers Hall of Fame honors the heritage and culture of the Knik area. Knik was an important village and trade center for Native Alaskans long before miners, trappers, tradesmen and homesteaders arrived. The village became a trailhead for the winter dog sled and summer wagon trails to mining areas and grew to a large town by the early 1900s. The gradual demise of the town began when local businesses moved to the new town of Wasilla that sprang up when the new Alaska Railroad route was built 13 miles north of Knik between Lake Wasilla and Lake Lucille. The current Knik Museum is located in the last remaining commercial building left in Knik, the Fulton and Hirshey Pool Hall. When you visit the Knik Museum, you can also hike part of the Iditarod National Historic Trail, enjoy a picnic near Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Garden, visit the Mushers’ Hall of Fame, and learn about the famous dogs of the early mushers.

Kodiak History Museum

Kodiak,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Geographic Region: Alaska
Alaska Native, Historical Society, Settler

The Kodiak History Museum is a center of the community, where people come together to celebrate our culture through the eras and share Kodiak’s stories. We are the heart of Kodiak. We are about our community and its history. This place is for anyone who lives in or loves this place.

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