The Executive Director for the Huna Heritage Foundation [HHF] is Kathy Miller. She holds a Masters Degree in Cultural Anthropology and a Native American Graduate Studies Certificate from Colorado State University; and a B.A. in Anthropology and Conservation Biology from the University of New Mexico. She has worked within the Tlingit culture of Southeast Alaska for over five years, and has been adopted into the L’uknax.ádi [Coho Salmon, Raven moiety] clan and given the name Téet Tláa [Tidal Wave Mother].
Her roles at HHF include the oversight of all of our standard programs such as the Educational Assistance Program, charitable contributions and our annual Clan Workshops and Glacier Bay cultural trips. She also manages and administers the grant funded projects that HHF receives, and implements HHF’s Cultural Preservation Planning, which includes filing NAGPRA claims and working with federal, state and local agencies to ensure that Huna’s traditional territories are protected.
She is working to improve both storage conditions and access to HHF’s archives of photos, videos and documents relating to the culture and history of the Huna Tlingit. She is also working to expand these resources by documenting further the Huna Tlingit cultural heritage and traditional knowledge for future generations by recording oral histories and clan songs of our current elders.
