Cultural Programs

Glacier Bay Youth Trips

HHF partners with several entities coordinating two trips into Glacier Bay National Park with students from the Hoonah City Schools, clan elders and leaders.  The partners that provide logistical and financial support for this project are the National Park Service [NPS], Allen Marine Tours, HHF and the Hoonah City Schools [HCS].  The students spend a day in May and in September learning about the Tlingit history in Glacier Bay through interacting with elders, seeing first-hand some of the Hoonah Tlingit traditional territory and by participating in structured cultural learning activities.

Clan Workshops

Since 1986, the Huna Tlingit community gathers in Hoonah for a 3 day conference. Topics of dicussion include Tlingit protocol, singing, dancing and breakout discussion groups by clans. The Huna Heritage Foundation partners with the Hoonah School District.

Community Artists & Scholars

In 2012, the Huna Heritage Foundation in partnership with the National Park Service hopes to send Master Weavers to the Smithsonian collection facility in Suitland, Maryland to study and be inspired by traditional baskets woven by their ancestors.

Archive Collections

HHFcontinues work to improve the physical integrity of collection storage space with new shelving units, archival storage materials and improved data storage equipment. With federal grant funding, HHF increases the library holdings, upgrades computer equipment, photo scanning devices and data base cataloging software.