In 2008, nearly six million Americans didn’t vote, because they

missed the registration deadline or didn’t know how to register to

vote. Sealaska along with Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida

Indian Tribes of Alaska, Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority,

and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) are

partnering this election season to ensure people are registered to

vote and vote in upcoming elections.

The group organized a Juneau Voter Registration Rally held

September 27. Approximately 250 people attended the event while

40 people were registered. Additional registration events were held

around the region including Hydaburg, Craig, Wrangell and Sitka.

Each election is important to Alaska Natives. Voting is a powerful

tool for electing officials that best represent the Native community,

supporting issues that are important to our communities, and acting

on policy that affects us all.

The general election will be on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

Find more information on GOTV on page 7.

Sealaska filed its official response to the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) regarding a claim filed by Sheldon Jackson

College board of trustees (Trustees) to Redoubt Lake, near Sitka.

The Trustees are seeking 160 acres near Redoubt Lake, which

includes historic Tlingit land.

The Trustees claim the property was deeded to the college in 1981,

ignoring any previous Tlingit occupancy. Sealaska has reminded

BLM that the Trustees have no actual deed or title documenting the

transfer. Sealaska asserts that Redoubt is a historic Native site.

Sealaska opposes the claim and upholds that the land has historic

and cultural value to the Native community. The land is the site of the

Tlingit fishing village called Kunáa. This area was occupied and used

by the Kiks.adi Clan of Sitka.

On August 15, 2012, the Sitka Tribe of Alaska tribal council opposed

Sheldon Jackson’s claim. In part, because the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s

traditional territory reflects the lands and waters historically and

presently under the stewardship responsibility of the Sheet’ka Kwaan.

Sealaska selected the Tlingit historic site, which is about ten acres, in

the mid-1970s as part of its original Alaska Native Claims Settlement

Act (ANCSA) land selections. Section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA provides

regional corporations the right to select cemetery and historical sites

that meet BLM criteria. This is the only federal provision that retains

Native ownership of Native historic or cemetery sites. Current federal

law does not provide the same selection rights to tribes or clans.

Sealaska has signed Memorandums of Agreement with tribes around

the region specifically for the management of Native historic or

cultural sites.

Sealaska Submits BLM Response on RedoubtSitka Tribe of Alaska also opposes claim by Sheldon Jackson College

Southeast Coalition Joins Forces for GOTV Initial efforts focused on voter registration

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A Juneau Registration Rally was held 9.27.12. Ishmael Hope served as emcee

As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood, we reflect on the challenges that ANB and ANS faced and recognize how similar they are to the challenges that we face today.

The early leaders of ANB and ANS understood that without citizenship and the right to vote, Alaska Native people could not affect the policies that impacted our daily lives. Because they wanted our views to be heard, these leaders worked hard to

help us gain the vote and develop our political voice. Their efforts were viewed by the Alaska territorial legislature as a dangerous challenge and the legislature responded by instituting a law that restricted voter eligibility. The law’s purpose was to limit the number of Native voters and reduce our political influence.

There are real similarities between the political climate of that time and today’s climate. Across the United States, the minority population is growing and has become the deciding factor in elections. In many states —including Alaska— we are seeing politicians attempt to minimize the voting power of the minority population by employing voter suppression tactics that make voting more difficult, developing redistricting plans that dilute the vote of Native people and other minority groups, and challenging the Voting Rights Act, which is the federal law that protects against discriminatory voting practices.

These quiet threats to our civil rights require us to take action by voting and opposing these efforts.

Because voting is essential to Native people’s self-determination, Sealaska, along with the Central Council, the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority and SEARHC, has joined with Native Vote, a nonpartisan initiative of the National Congress of American Indians, to encourage Native people to vote. With the messages that “Every Native Vote Counts” and that “Your Vote is Our Power,” we are reminding everyone that if they care about the cost of energy, the jobs crisis, subsistence hunting and fishing rights, and other issues that directly impact our communities, then their vote gives weight to these issues.

Voting is the perfect way to mark the Alaska Native Brotherhood’s Centennial. By voting in this year’s general election, we honor the ANB and ANS for their hard work and dedication in fighting for our civil rights and —just as they did for us— we honor our future generations.

Sincerely,

Chris E. McNeil Jr. President and CEO

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INSIDE SEALASKA

Chris E. McNeil Jr., President and CEO

Sealaska welcomes Terry Downes.

"Mr. Downes comes to Sealaska with

extensive and successful experience in

profitably operating companies and proven

strategic planning skills," said Chris E.

McNeil Jr., Sealaska president and CEO.

"His operating experience at Thermadyne

Industries and serving as Thermadyne COO

supported our decision in bringing him into

Sealaska. Downes also has over 15 years of

profit and loss responsibility, mergers and

acquisition experience, global experience

working in North America, Europe, Latin

America and the Middle East, natural

resource and manufacturing experience.

Downes formally begins serving as COO on

August 6, 2012."

Downes earned a materials science Ph.D.

from St. John’s College, Cambridge

University, U.K. He also completed a

Corporate Finance Executive Program from

the London Business School.

"On behalf of the Sealaska board of

directors, I would like to welcome Downes

to the Sealaska family," said Sealaska

Chair Albert Kookesh. "We appreciate Mr.

Downes’ commitment to collaboration,

mentorship of the next generation of tribal

member shareholder business leaders,

and appreciation of our Tlingit, Haida and

Tsimshian cultures. Terry has a proven track

record and we will rely on his expertise

and leadership to take Sealaska operations

successfully into the future."

Sealaska retained Egon Zehnder

International for the engagement, which

specializes in executive recruitment globally.

Sealaska Announces New COOSealaska is pleased to announce that Terry Downes has been retained as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective August 6, 2012

Terry Downes

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Sealaska is the largest private landowner in Southeast Alaska,

and owns approximately 290,000 acres in the Tongass National

Forest. The Tongass is approximately 17 million acres.

As landowners, Sealaska is responsible for ensuring the small

amount of land in Native ownership continues to provide for tribal

member shareholders into the future. Brian Kleinhenz is Sealaska’s

habitat and ecosystems service specialist.

Southeast Alaska land managers want to ensure future generations of

Alaskans enjoy the cultural and economic benefits of red and yellow

cedar. Evidence of the decline of yellow cedar is prevalent wherever

it grows in Southeast and is thought to be associated with climate

change. Cedar seedlings are often browsed by deer and moose

for food. Deer will bite at a seedling ripping off all of its needles,

essentially killing the seedling. Planted cedar seems to be especially

delicious to deer.

Sealaska, the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon State University

researchers are collaborating on a cedar regeneration research

project. The focus of the study is to determine how to protect cedar

from deer browse and identify the most suitable growing locations.

This summer, study plots were identified on Sealaska land for 9,000

seedlings to be planted next spring. Sealaska Natural Resources

Forester Brian Kleinhenz explains more.

Sealaska Invests in Cedar ResearchCollaboration with USFS and OSU

Sealaska Shareholder Earns Education Doctorate DegreeSealaska tribal member

shareholder Roxanna Banguis

holds a doctorate in education from

Argosy University, Seattle. Her

father is Tlingit and her mother Dora

(Paul) Crockett is Sechelt. Banguis

dedicated her dissertation to her

father, William R. Banguis. “My father

valued education and pushed me and

my siblings to always learn,” said

Banguis. “My father’s spirit helped

me realize that I have the opportunity

to become highly educated.” She

titled her paper “Paddles Up: Coast

Salish Indigenous System of Education in the Pacific Northwest.”

Roxanna Banguis

Left to right: Brian Kleinhenz, Pat Tierney (USFS Silviculturist), and Sheila Spores (USFS Silviculturist)

Sealaska Shareholder Solo ExhibitDa-Ka-Xeen Mehner

The Anchorage Museum is sponsoring an

exhibit by Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner. The

solo art exhibit will end November 11, 2012.

According to the museum, much of the

work in the exhibit expresses Mehner’s belief

that culture transcends generations through

music — in this case the drum.

Please visit our YouTube channel sealaskakwaan to view a video with Kleinhenz explaining more about the cedar regeneration study Sealaska is involved with.

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Three new tribal supporters from the Lower 48 sent letters of support for passage of the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act. The new supporters join a growing list of supporters. They are the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, both from Washington, and the All Indian Pueblo Council, which is located in New Mexico.

Our land legislation has progressed farther in this Congress than at any previous time we have tried to advance it—in large part because of the help from these third party supporters reaching out to their members of Congress.

4HAA AANI—SEALASKA'S LAND LEGISLATION

SUPPOrT FOr LAND LEGISLATION IS GrOwING

ALASKA TrIbES, NATIvE COrPOrATIONS

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SEALASKA’S LAND LEGISLATION: AwAITING A SENATE COMMITTEE APPrOvAL

HOUSE OF rEPrESENTATIvES

(H.R. 2578 passed)

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UNDErSTANDING THE PrOCESS FOr PASSING A bILLSealaska’s land legislation passed as part of the omnibus bill H.R. 2578 by the U.S. House of Representatives in June. The next objective is to get the Senate bill, S. 730, a Committee on Energy and Natural Resources markup. If the legislation wins a majority of votes from the committee, then it could be voted on by the U.S. Senate, and have a chance of passing into law before the 112th Congress ends this year.

MAKE SUrE YOUr vOICE IS HEArD! Sign our letter of support for the legislation and tell members of Congress that you support Sealaska's efforts to create and maintain jobs, protect conservation values and sacred sites, and fulfill a 40-year-old promise made by Congress to the Native people of Southeast.

Visit sealaska.com/page/letter-of-support to add your name to the growing list of supporters.

CONFErENCE COMMITTEE

(ReCONCILe aNY sIGNIFICaNT

dIFFeReNCes BeTWeeN THe TWO BILLs)

THE PrESIDENT (IF THe pResIdeNT sIGNs THe BILL, THeN THe BILL BeCOmes

LaW. IF He dOesN’T sIGN THe BILL, THeN THe BILL dIes.)

Returns to House of Representatives and senate for approval of final bill

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OFF bASE: Reuters, June 17, 2012: “Conservation groups say Sealaska would clear-cut some of the last remaining old-growth trees—cutting down all trees in a given area—and take ownership of prime recreational sites along bays and at the mouths of salmon streams.”

OFF bASE: Jane Danowitz of the Pew Environment Group quoted by Reuters, June 17, 2012: "This legislation would allow these last remaining ancient forests to be commercially logged and even clear-cut by a single corporation."

OFF bASE: Democratic candidate Matt Moore who seeks Rep. Don Young’s seat in Congress, during speech in Sitka on Aug. 22, 2012: “…. The big question is, is it just a trade of land for land that’s been used up, for land that could potentially have a logging value to it.”

FOr THE rECOrD: The current version of the bill incorporates feedback gathered from more than 225 meetings, hosted by Sealaska and Alaska’s congressional delegation, with communities, organizations, government agencies and stakeholders. The feedback has allowed Sealaska to develop a land selection for our remaining entitlement that makes sense for the region, taking into consideration economic, cultural, social and environmental concerns.

FOr THE rECOrD: Less than 10 percent of the Tongass, including all public, private and developable lands, is available for development. This is a significantly smaller percentage that could possibly be harvested compared with other national forests. But conservation groups fail to give context when they make these statements. They fail to acknowledge that Sealaska’s commitment to environmental stewardship is rooted in thousands of years of Alaska Native heritage and history—a history that supports a balanced approach to conserving the forest ecosystem and utilizing its resources. And they suggest that a far greater amount of the Tongass National Forest could come back into Alaska Native ownership, rather than 375,000 acres or 1.3 percent of the 23 million acres of Tongass that Congress promised to restore to Sealaska. Also, the Senate bill includes 100,000 acres of new conservation.

FOr THE rECOrD: To call Sealaska just another corporation shows a failure to understand the struggle of Alaska Natives for a settlement from the taking of their land. In 1971 Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, under which Sealaska was established by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian from Southeast Alaska. Our shareholders hold as a core cultural value their birthright to have ownership in their homeland, which is the Tongass National Forest, and to benefit from the management of the land both culturally and economically. While every acre is precious to us as Native peoples, there are sites Sealaska has selected for protection under ANCSA that are of historic or sacred importance to our tribal members. Today our conservation activities include: investing in silviculture, restoring stream banks, pre-commercially thinning to benefit wildlife, handplanting 1.6 million seedlings. Again, Sealaska will only own 1.3 percent of the forest.

ANCSA authorized Sealaska to select a total of up to 375,000 acres throughout Southeast. Only 290,000 acres have been conveyed at this time. Sealaska's land legislation seeks 71,000 acres that was promised to the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples who, for thousands of year, owned and occupied this land we call Haa Aaní.

ANCSA lands conveyed to Sealaska to date

1.3% – 290,000 acres

The rest of what was promised

0.31% 71,000 acres

98.4%22.6 million acres Southeast Alaska

THE TAKING OF OUr LAND:

SETTING THE rECOrD STrAIGHT

As the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act has made its way through Congress, the news media and individuals across the country have shown their ignorance about Alaska Native lands and Sealaska. Now we’re setting the record straight.

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SHI Seeking Native Art InstructorsSHI is looking for qualified Native art instructors for its Jineit Art Academy. Instructors will host two-day formline workshops in various Southeast communities. Candidates should have advanced formline skills. Teaching experience is preferred. To apply, send three (two-dimensional) formline examples and a resume to Rico Worl at One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 301, Juneau, AK 99801 or email to rico.worl@sealaska.com

Celebration 2014 Dates AnnouncedSHI will sponsor the next Celebration June 11-14, 2014 in Juneau. Celebration 2014 will kick off with the institute's biennial Juried Art Show and Competition awards ceremony on June 11. Celebration 2014 will be led by the Saanya Kwáan (Cape Fox) from Ketchikan (below). Hotels sometimes fill up soon after this date is released, so SHI encourages people to book rooms early.

SHI Receives Grant To Document Wrangell BombardmentSHI has received a grant to document the 1869 bombardment of Wrangell. The one-year, $31,718 grant from the National Park Service (American Battlefield Protection Program) will fund oral history work with Elders in Wrangell in partnership with the tribe, the Wrangell Cooperative Association (WCA). A final report will go to the community of Wrangell and WCA. This appears to be the first-ever NPS Battlefield Preservation grant awarded to an organization in Alaska to study a U.S. military conflict with a tribe.

Shareholders Visit with Shareholder Relations TeamThe Sealaska Shareholder Relations (SR) Department has

created a new space for tribal member shareholders. The

new area allows shareholders to work on documents or

forms. Shareholder forms are available on the Web and

can be faxed to 907.586.8191. If you need to reach the

Shareholder Relations team, call 1.800.848.5921.

Amos Wallace collection donated to SHI, Walter Soboleff CenterCollection includes hundreds of formline drawings made by master carver

The son of the late, master carver

Amos Wallace has donated his

father’s collection of drawings and

historical photographs and papers

to Sealaska Heritage Institute. The

collection, donated by Brian Wallace,

is a treasure trove of original drawings

made by the famous artist as he was

designing totem poles and other carvings

destined for museums, universities and

private collections. Brian donated it to

the institute because he wanted it to be

archived and shared at SHI’s Walter Soboleff Center, scheduled to

break ground next year. SHI is already using the drawings to teach

formline design!

SHI features Git Hoan Dancers, Native art and cultures, at Santa Fe Indian MarketSHI for the second year showcased Alaska Native art and cultures at

the world-famous Santa Fe Indian Market. The institute sponsored the

Git Hoan Dancers, who were a huge hit, plus Native art demonstrations,

art sales and other cultural performances. The institute hopes to

eventually broaden its Native art markets and the trip is an opportunity

for staff to study a very successful one and to acquaint art buyers there

with Northwest Coast art.

Saanya Kwáan performs at Celebration 2012

Spectators enjoy the Git Hoan Dancers

Amos Wallace

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Kraft Procurement Officer Visits SoutheastIt’s not often that one of the world’s largest food companies

explores Southeast Alaska. But Kraft Foods Inc. Associate

Director of Procurement Barnaby Wallace did that in July.

Kraft has a passion to work with diverse vendors. Wallace says Kraft

recognized that its customer base is changing and as a result Kraft is

committed to hiring diverse vendors like Sealaska. “This is a very good

message, and it was an effort that we had because, I think, the fastest

growing segments, in terms of diversity, is in the diverse communities

that we have inside of North America,” said Wallace.

Nypro Kánaak is a Sealaska subsidiary and a certified Minority

Business Enterprise by the National Minority Supplier Development

Council, Inc. Sealaska Director of Sales and Marketing Jason Fujioka

says world-class capabilities and service levels, competitive pricing

and innovation along with being certified as a diversity supplier, are

creating new opportunities to work with businesses like Kraft. Sealaska

is very honored to have Wallace travel to Alaska to learn more about

our unique mission and the unique challenges that we face as a

community and a Native culture.

Southeast Coalition Joins Forces for GOTV, cont'd

Donna Rice stopped by the Wrangell voter registration event held 9.15.12

In MemorySealaska pays tribute to shareholders who have recently passed on:

The Sealaska shareholder is published for shareholders free of charge by Sealaska Corporation. Subscription information for non-shareholders is available by writing the Office of Corporate Communications.

Sealaska CorporationOne Sealaska Plaza, Suite 400Juneau, AK 99801-1276800.848.5921 toll-free

Our MISSION is to create opportunities for the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian and strengthen Alaska Native land, culture and communities through business excellence grounded in Alaska Native values.

Our VISION is to be the global leader of values in action.

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Sealaska Submits BLM Response on Redoubt 1

Southeast Coalition Joins Forces for GOTV 1

CEO Letter 2

Sealaska Announces New COO 2

Sealaska Invests in Cedar Research 3

Sealaska Shareholder Earns Education 3 Doctorate Degree

Sealaska Shareholder Solo Exhibit 3

Haa Aaní Support for Land Legislation is Growing 4

Sealaska’s Land Legislation: Awaiting 4 a Senate Hearing

Setting the Record Straight 5

The Taking of Our Land 5

SHI seeking Native Art Instructors 6

Celebration 2014 Dates Announced 6

SHI Receives Grant to Document 6 Wrangell Bombardment

Shareholders Visit with 6 Shareholder Relations Team

Kraft Procurement Officer Visits Southeast 7

Southeast Coalition Joins Forces for GOTV, cont'd 7

In Memory 7

National Organization Honors Dr. Janice Sheufelt 8 VISIT WWW.SEALASKA.COM

National Organization Honors Dr. Janice SheufeltSheufelt is Clinic Administrator at SEArHC

Sealaska is proud to announce that tribal

member shareholder Dr. Janice Sheufelt was

honored by the National Indian Health Board

(NIHB). Each year NIHB honors individuals and

organizations that enrich and improve the delivery

of health for Alaska Natives and American Indians.

Sheufelt received a NIHB National Impact Award

at the Annual Awards Gala. The award is given to

an individual or organization for their contribution

to health impacts at the national level.

Since 2004, Sheufelt has served as clinic

administrator / medical director for the

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

(SEARHC). Her career with SEARHC began in

1997, when she worked as a family physician at

the Juneau SEARHC campus.

Visit Juneauempire.com to read more about Dr. Sheufelt. For more information on NIHB, visit nihb.org.

Dr. Janice Sheufelt

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