"An unusual record of achievement has been established by eight native Alaskans, who were graduated August 10 by the RCA Institutes in New York. Members of a pilot group, sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, they scored a notable success in...
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"...
Governor Swineford collected the photographs during the 1887 voyage he and his wife, Minnie Swineford, took aboard the Thetis. Included are views of the Thetis and its crew,Alaska Natives from various regions of the State of Alaska, seal...
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 taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
View of dancers performing in Barrow, with drummers and spectators in background. Identified on photo verso as an Alaska Federation of Natives convention, but subsequently identified as the box drum or Wolf Dance at Christmas time or at Kivgiq...
Group of ivory carvings made at Nunivak Island, Alaska, including figurines (one of walrus), letter openers decorated with seal figures, and crochet hook decorated with fish figure. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled]...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
"Natives at Wainwright preparing to race us. We used one of their boats which are covered with walrus skin. They won by a boat length." A large group of people prepare for an umiak race, several other boats are visible on the beach and just off...
Title from donor notes. Postcard of Kotzebue dancers.
Further information was supplied by George Taylor at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, October 2005. He knows the people and...
Title taken from caption; engraving pages page 658. "Natives of Prince Williams Sound". Drawing of two native men. The portraits show them with nose rings, labrets, earrings and shoulder-length hair. The man on the left is wearing a cloak...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Natives of Old Harbor standby [stand by] during their evacuation by the Navy following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/27/64. Official U. S. Navy Photographs for immediate release. ...