Two Tribal Libraries Earn 2019 National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Published May 8, 2019

WASHINGTON — The Barona Band Mission Indians Cultural Center and Museum (Lakeside, California), and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library (Sequim, Washington) have received the 2019 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library

The award, bestowed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is the nation’s highest honor for institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

Also nominated, although not selected as a top ten honoree, was the Aaniiih Nakoda College Library (Harlem, Montana), a tribal college located on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.