In the coming year, Sheldon Museum workers will begin sifting through the archives of Alaska Indian Arts, a collection of photos, filmstrips, scrapbooks, texts, and documents dating back as far as 70 years that could provide new information on Native culture and history in the Chilkat Valley.
Alaska Indian Arts president Lee Heinmiller this week said the local nonprofit will donate more than 20 bankers’ boxes full of materials to the museum, items that have…