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Kasaan Haida Heritage Foundation P. O. Box KXA -- Kasaan
Ketchikan, AK 99950-0340
907-524-2214 Kasaan
206-624-6166 Seattle Who We Are • About the Rattle Who We Are

In 1996 Kavilco started the process to establish the Kasaan Haida Heritage Foundation (KHHF), going through all of the necessary legal steps to register it as a non-profit corporation in the State of Alaska. In 1999 KHHF became incorporated, with Kenneth Gordon, President, John Campbell, Vice President and Jeane Breinig, Secretary/Treasurer. The concern was clear that an effort should be made to document and preserve those things that make the Kasaan Haidas unique. There have been many lengthy discussions about projects important to the cultural heritage of Kasaan Haida people, including clan house and totem pole restorations, Haida language perpetuation, repatriation of Kasaan artifacts, videotaping and interviewing our elders, and cleaning up the creeks near Kasaan for the return of salmon runs. Because of the increasing age of our elders, KHHF has decided to prioritize its energies and work first towards generating funds for an Elders Interview and Oral History Project.

About the Rattle

This is a Wolf Clan Shaman's Dance Rattle. The Shaman is depicted between the ears of the wolf. When Mr. Jones visited the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC with images of the rattle he had created they took to the vault and showed him one that was very similar that they had in their collection

This Rattle is made from yellow cedar and is filled with beach stones. The Shaman has black hair that was contributed from Mr. Jones own head, "gray hair, dandruff and all."

A little history about the Rattle from Mr. Jones: Sometime after he had completed the Rattle, his old dog Buck got hold of it and destroyed the handle (Buck was only a puppy at the time). After Mr. Jones and Buck had both recovered, Mr. Jones took a band saw and removed what was left of the handle, just below the jaw, and rebuilt it with a new handle.

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