In partnership with Southeast Alaska village tribes, Tlingit & Haida will be distributing backpacks to eligible Alaska Native/American Indian students (Head Start-12th Grade) who reside within a Southeast Alaska community, with the exception of Metlakatla. Your backpack supplies will be shipped to the community you live in.

Registration closes July 9, 2025.

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦, 𝑇𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑡 & 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑎’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒂, ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡 (𝐴𝑅𝑃𝐴). 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝑇𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑡 & 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒.