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.
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of an Indian school. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right--school built and maintained for Indians by U. S. Government. All Alaskan Indians must support themselves getting only medical treatment &...
Description at top of image: "Cedar boxes made without nails or corner joints…these were enclosed or wrapped in cedar mats and contained the heads which were preserved with skin, etc. intact." On verso: "Found by [Myer] Hofstad on Zarembo...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of five boys splashing in the Yukon River. Narrative from album reads: "Below are five young Indians having a bath in the Yukon River. None of the Indians there can swim, but the boys enjoy kicking and splashing...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Simon Pitka standing in front of his summer tent at Stevens Village. Visible in the photo are Simon, his tent, a young man, two children and a dog. A stove is visible just inside the tent, with fuel wood right...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man standing with a Native Alaskan woman. They are standing in front of a log cabin. Caption from album reads: "Mr. Holmberg and the Old Medicine Woman. The old woman has great influence over the other...
Title taken from caption. "Azoon River Indians". Collector's notes - "Several families in front of their sod houses". Collection note: All photos are in the Yukon River area of Alaska.
Title taken from caption. "11540 -- (34) On the lower Yukon and the eastern shores of Behring Sea, the skin canoe and boat are the only native means of transportation. During the open or summer season, when it is desired to make a speedy...
Title taken from caption. "9358 -- (36) We frequently see published statements to the effect that the aborigines are rapidly disappearing, but the scene here depicted contradicts such an assertion. The eleven youthful Esquimaux who make up the...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...