Honoring the Seal Heritage Kit

A contextualized review of artifacts relating to traditional hunting practices with a focus on the traditional technology that enabled hunters to harvest seals.

In a traditional story from the Chinook people of the Northwest, a young boy disappears and is found years later, swimming with the seals.

A children's book that follows what each marine mammal observes is looking at them in return.

Small bag made out of seal fur and leather with beads around the top.

Completed by June Pardue on sausage casing, this waterproof stitch demonstrates the traditional method of sewing together materials to prevent water from leaking in.

Created by Jim Miller, this wooden bowl appears in the shape of a seal, an animal of significant importance in the Chugach Region.

Ephimia Moonin interviews Pat Norman in Port Graham about the cultural significance of hunting and processing a seal.

Pat Norman of Port Graham narrates the process of butchering a seal.