Duties of the Cultural Resources Department:

• Maintain and process archival materials, maintain accurate accession records and conservation schedules.
• Continue to develop the Tribe’s collection procedures, assuring safe storage and easy access to the Tribe’s valuable materials.
• Maintain and continue accession/inventory of all tapes (audio and video) and photos in the Tribe’s possession, and develop procedures for the management of these materials.
• Work with Tribal departments and consortiums to protect tribal cultural resources through the Skokomish Environmental Protection Act (SKEPA) permit process.
• Facilitate meetings of the Skokomish Culture Committee.
• Represent the Skokomish Indian Tribe as their authorized representative in all matters relating to repatriation.
• Maintain an inventory of museums that have Skokomish cultural materials in their collections.
• Conduct on-site visits to museums that have Skokomish cultural materials in their collections.
• Curate the Skokomish Tribal Museum collection.
• Responsible for the incoming and outgoing loans of tribal archive materials and items.
• Coordinate the sale and stocking of items for sale to the public and to the tribal community.

Some Current Projects of the Cultural Resources Department:

• Documenting the design and build of canoes for Tribal Journey’s 2004.
• Submission of a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) documentation grant.
• Submission of a three-year language implementation grant through the Administration for Native Americans (ANA).
• Completing the submission for one property to the National Register of Historic Places.
• Beginning stages of new acquisition and digitizing of Twana language materials.