Sitka Tribal Enterprise June 2007 tourist season. The Sheetka Kwaan Naakahidi Dance group performers are being introduced by the Dance Show Coordinator-Angie Ketah. The dancers are from left to right: Leonty Williams, Shante Rice, Unknown, Unknown,...
5 pages of hand written notes, taken by James Wickersham during a conversation with Taku chief Aanahalaash, and 2 photographs. Subjects include: Chilkat Blanket weaving,including the origin of the design and the manner of dying the wool; the Swan...
Shop interior with sign, "Sitka Photo Co. Table and floor laden with artwork including bentwood boxes, copper daggers, and a painted hide. Title taken from image. Photographer's number 45-N.
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
Title and identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs. During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot...
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wooden mask by Nathan Jackson with earrings by Emma Marks. The natural color of the wood shows through on most of the mask except where hair, eyebrows, and eyes are painted in black, and nostrils and lips in red. A...
Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
The box is kurfed and lashed with root (13.5 in. wide, 15 in. long, 16.5 in. high), and with red corners. It is in good condition. The bottom is set in with wooden pegs; marks on box where rope net was stretched over it for fastening; loops on...
The box is kurfed and lashed with root (13.5 in. wide, 15 in. long, 16.5 in. high), and with red corners. It is in good condition. The bottom is set in with wooden pegs; marks on box where rope net was stretched over it for fastening; loops on...
Title from caption. Postcard shows an infant sleeping at the base of a totem pole. Caption on postcard reads "1923 - An Eskimo Teddy Bear". Despite title, photograph appears to be from Southeast Alaska, and therefore the infant may not be...
Title taken from caption. "Chilkoot natives, Kyak, Alaska." Outdoor group portrait. ["Chilkoot natives" would usually be Tlingits from Southeast Alaska, where the Kayak Islands are located. But UAF-1959-866-44 identifies the "Kyak"...
Title taken from caption. View of a man in uniform standing next to a totem pole. Photograph taken on Cat Island in southeast Alaska. Photograph taken between 1890 and 1910. Original photograph size: 3" x 2 1/4".
Title from caption. Postcard shows two men paddling in a kayak. Caption on postcard reads "Indian Bidack, Alaska". Title in finding aid says: circa 1914.
Title taken from caption. "Yakatai natives on Kyak Islands near Copper River, Alaska." An outdoor group portrait. [See note in UAF-1959-866-46 for place and people identification.] Caption in album reads: "35 mm neg. 75-604". 5 x 8 cyanotype.
Title from title frame. Various traditional Native Alaskan carvings seen all over the landscape of ketchikan and southeastern Alaska. 77-second film clip, color/silent.
Title taken from caption. Photograph of a totem pole standing beside two wooden houses in Wrangell, Alaska. Two people are standing at the base of the totem pole. May be misidentified as Chief Shakes house. 1927. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x...
Title taken from caption. Photograph of a totem pole beside a wooden house on a hill in Wrangell, Alaska. A dead tree stands in front of the house. May be misidentified as Chief Johnson's house. 1927. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4".