Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is a private nonprofit founded in 1980 with the mission to advance the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska. SHI’s goal is to promote cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding through public services and events. We are governed by a Board of Trustees and guided by a Council of Traditional Scholars, a Native Artist Committee, and a Southeast Regional Language Committee.

SHI offers numerous programs promoting Southeast Alaskan Native culture, including language and art, and maintains a substantial archive of Southeast Alaskan Native ethnographic material. We partner with local schools to promote academics and cultural education. We also conduct scientific and public policy research that promotes Alaska Native arts, cultures, history, and education statewide. Biennially, SHI hosts and produces Celebration, Alaska’s second-largest Native gathering. We own and operate the Sealaska Heritage Store and curate an ongoing cultural exhibit on the first floor of our headquarters in Juneau’s landmark Walter Soboleff Building.

You can learn more about SHI by visiting our webpage: https://sealaskaheritage.org/.