Sealaska Heritage to host lecture on rematriating images

As part of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Native American Heritage Month lecture series, SHI will host a talk on the process of rematriating a collection of Tlingit images.

Dr. Natahnee Winder is an assistant professor of Indigenous studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU). In her lecture, she will speak about the importance of relationships throughout the process of rematriating images of Northwest Coast First Peoples from the George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive at SFU to SHI’s archives and collections department.

A Duckwater Shoshone citizen and first descendant of Navajo, Pyramid Lake Paiute and Southern Ute Nations, Dr. Winder grew up on the Southern Ute reservation in Colorado and spent the summers visiting family in Duckwater and Pyramid Lake in Nevada.

Dr. Winder was the 2015-2016 Henry Roe Cloud Fellow at Yale University, and she went on to complete her PhD in Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. Her dissertation uses photovoice — a participatory research method in which community members use photography and personal narratives to document their lived experiences — to compare the residential school histories of Canada and the United States.

Dr. Winder’s research interests include Indigenous education and research, ethnic and race relations, community based participatory research and qualitative research. Outside of the classroom, she is a proud mother.

Her lecture will be held from noon-1 pm, Monday, Nov. 16 in Shuka Hít (the clan house) on the first level of Sealaska Heritage Institute, which is located at 105 Heritage Way in downtown Juneau. Dr. Winder’s lecture will also be live streamed and available to watch on SHI’s YouTube channel.

Sealaska Heritage Institute is a non-profit tribal organization founded in 1980 to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska. Its goal is to promote cross-cultural understanding by educating the general public about the Indigenous cultures of Alaska. SHI also conducts scientific and public policy research that promotes Alaska Native arts, cultures, history and education statewide. The institute is governed by a Board of Trustees and guided by a Council of Traditional Scholars, a Native Artist Committee, a Southeast Regional Language Committee and an Education Committee.

CONTACT: Kathy Dye, Deputy Director of Publications and Communications, kathy.dye@sealaskaheritage.com

Caption: Flyer for Dr. Natahnee Winder’s lecture. Note: News outlets are welcome to use this photo for coverage of this story. For a higher-res version, contact chloe.anderson@sealaskaheritage.com.