Rights: Intellectual Properties Note: Since SHI adheres to the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, and since we desire to honor Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian traditional cultural belief that clans retain the intellectual property rights to clan stories or songs, patrons who use or study clan songs or stories are asked to credit clan ownership to stories and songs.
Acquisition Note: Source: Alaska State Library, Historical Collections. The material in the collection was donated to SHI in 2013 by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections (ASL) per a partnership arrangement. This arrangement included the ASL’s need for better documentation of their Tlingit language recordings, and since SHI could (and did) provide metadata documentation of language recordings for the ASL, a sharing arrangement was created and copies placed with SHI.
Scope and Contents: This collection consists primarily of Tlingit language recordings that host an array of content. These recordings were donated to the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) in partnership with the Alaska State Library’s Historical Collections Department, which holds the originals, so SHI could obtain a copy and document the contents of these Tlingit language recordings. The Tlingit language recordings were reviewed by a fluent speaker of the Tlingit language, then this fluent speaker provided SHI with written feedback about the recording’s general content (not a translation). This work occurred via a 2011-2013 IMLS Enhancement Grant Project entitled Libraries & Archives as Language Learning Centers, which sought to document Native language recordings content. The recordings reviewed in this collection were reviewed by David Katzeek (Kingeistí) of the Shangukeidí clan of Klukwan, his notes have been added to each folder accompanying the original recording.
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