The ketchikan indian community's cultural resources department serves as the ketchikan indian community's primary archival and library function for approximately 6,500 tribal members

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Ketchikan Indian Community $127,050 under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) on October 1, 2026, for a one-year performance period ending September 30, 2027.

The award funds digitization and archival equipment upgrades for the Ketchikan Indian Community's Cultural Resources Department, which serves approximately 6,500 tribal members and functions as the primary archival and library resource for the community. Project funding supports purchase of a professional large-format flatbed scanner, wide-format archival plotter, color printer, dedicated digitization workstation, camera system with lighting for artifact documentation, 55-inch display monitors for shared consultation sessions, archival-grade work tables, and archival flat file storage furniture. These items were identified as operational needs by Cultural Resources Department staff and tribal members engaging with the center. The equipment acquisitions will enable preservation and maintenance of irreplaceable cultural materials for the benefit of tribal members and the surrounding Southeast Alaska community, which is accessible only by air and sea.

Work is performed in Ketchikan, Alaska.

The project will provide access to and preservation of information by upgrading their digitization equipment and southeast alaska community accessible only by air and sea. Project funds will support purchasing a professional large-format flatbed scanner, a wide-format archival plotter, a color printer, a dedicated digitization workstation, a camera system with lighting for artifact documentation, 55-inch display monitors for shared consultation sessions, archival-grade work tables, and archival flat file storage furniture. These items were identified as needs by cultural resources department staff and tribal members who have engaged with the center. As a result, irreplaceable cultural materials will be preserved and maintained for the benefit of tribal members and the surrounding community.