The transfer of more than 1,700 works of art and material culture doubled the Alaska Native Heritage Center’s collection, and is part of a broader trend playing out as individuals and institutions return Indigenous works.
Athabascan objects, including a chief's coat from the Tanacross area, are displayed at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Friday, April 22, 2022. The objects are some of 1,744 items that were donated to the center by Wells Fargo. It is made of tanned moose hide for an Athabascan chief. The metal zipper bisecting its front suggests a mid-20th century origin.
“Things that were culturally sensitive, related to religion or cultural patrimony, were returned as close as they could to the centers of that population,” Demma said. takes direction from the Heritage Center’s cultural advisory committee in determining criteria for which pieces will stay and which will be returned to organizations closer to the communities that produced them.
“There’s a lot of un-provenanced objects,” Demma said. “Because they were taking it in as bankers, and thinking about what beautiful objects they were.” “It’s amazing to see these individuals, organizations, private donors reach out and say, ‘Hey we want to return this to its home community,’ ” Graham said.
Under a preexisting agreement, the Anchorage Museum was offered the entirety of the Wells Fargo collection. But, Shah said, absorbing thousands of diverse items into its permanent collection is no longer aligned with the institution’s goals of building greater equity between itself and Alaskans. Like the Heritage Center, in recent years the Anchorage Museum has seen a greater number of people reaching out to give back Indigenous and historical items they inherited or have simply reconsidered.
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