Second Chance Graduates First Student Submitted By: Public Safety
T Public Safety department is pleased to announce the Second Chance Reentry The p program’s first graduate - Jennifer Mixson Hartsock. Jennifer successfully ccompleted the Penn Foster Administrative Assistant program with a 93% course aaverage. Congratulations, Jennifer! Great Job! JJennifer chose to pursue her Administrative Assistant certificate to advance her cclerical skills to obtain employment at a higher-paying salary to support her ffour children. Next, she would like to pursue her associate’s degree in Business A Administration at the University of Alaska Southeast. Jennifer would like to thank h her family for always understanding and supporting her, and continuing to be p positive, and giving her the time she needed to study. She would also like to thank C Central Council for giving her the funds to obtain her Administrative Assistant Jennifer Hartsock ccertificate, as well as Marianna Bethel for signing her up for the Second Chance program and Talia Eames for the encouragement and support. One of Jennifer’s short-term goals was to complete a schooling program. Jennifer shared, “The Second Chance program has been an excellent program that has given me the tools, a positive outlook, and direction towards gaining employment.” Looking into the future, she plans to continue to her education while working for a local organization in Juneau, Alaska. Jennifer’s great-grandfather was Henry Stevens from Taku, he was Tlingit Wolf (Yanyeidi Clan). Her greatgrandmother was Sarah Kladu Stevens Bowman of Klukwan, she was Tlingit Raven (Gaanaxteidi Clan). They had a son, Joseph Stevens, her grandfather, who married Julia Shotridge from Klukwan, she was a Tlingit Eagle (Kaagwaantaan Clan) Bear House, and the daughter of Walter Shotridge from Klukwan, and Bessie Shotridge Wilson Jimmie, Tlingit Eagle. They had 11 children, their daughter Rosemary Stevens Mill is Jennifer’s mother. She had three daughters: Gina, Tammy, and Jennifer Mixson. Jennifer is Eagle Kaagwaantaan Clan, her family crest is the killer whale from the Daklaweidi Killer Whale House in Klukwan. She has two daughters, Sarah and Mariah, and two sons, Ryan and Matthew.
Central Council Secures NAGPRA Grant Submitted By: Native Lands & Resources
The Native Lands and Resources (NLR) department is pleased to report it has secured a fiscal year 2015 grant in the amount of $88,161 from the National Park Service for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act consultation and documentation. The grant will be administered by NLR’s Cultural Resources program to conduct research and documentation, and prepare claims for repatriation of cultural items located at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The funding will also allow the program to monitor the completion of pending repatriation claims. The Cultural Resources program repatriates objects of cultural patrimony, sacred objects, funerary objects, and human remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 and the National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAIA) of 1989. These Acts allow federally recognized tribes to repatriate from museums and federal agencies. To date, the program has successfully repatriated 125 objects under NAGPRA and 30 objects under NMAIA. For more information on repatriation, please contact Harold Jacobs, Cultural Resource Specialist, at toll free 1.800.344.1432, 907.463.7186, or via email at hjacobs@ccthita.org. 6