Caring for Artifacts of Uncertain Ownership

1. Best of Both Worlds: Collaborations Between Indigenous Groups and Museums Caring for Artifacts of Uncertain Ownership by Marnie Leist Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska

2. The “Donation” “Please take good care of these. I picked them up when I was a kid and saved them for my family, but they should be in the museum. I want them to be around for future generations.” Clyda Christiansen, Larsen Bay Selection of Clyda’s artifact collection

3. Pastime Mary Shepherd with octopus, Afognak Is., 1978 Mary Shepherd and family collecting artifacts on the beach, 1965

4. The Kodiak Archipelago in the central Gulf of Alaska

6. Federal and State law

7. Old loan, undocumented property, and abandoned property lawsMark Withrow, Chirikof Is., land managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

8. Whose Property? One page of landownership map

9. Preserving Alutiiq heritage wherever it is found - in museums, in people, in the ground. Site Stewardship, Uganik Community Archaeology

12. to teaching collection only

13. Share unprovenienced artifacts through programs

14. Return (or obtain agreement) any artifacts to their rightful owner

16. Uniting Alutiiq beliefs and museum practices Starring in Three Saints Bay Orthodox Church, Old Harbor Larry Matfay lighting oil lamp at exhibit opening

18. Public access