Title from cataloger. Postcard of a young woman in a parka. She is standing in front of a wood pile stacked against a building. Verso of post card reads: "This is [Esther?] Barryman, a half-breed. The father is one of Kotzebue's...
Title from verso. Postcard of a group in winter garb. One is possibly Esther Barryman of Kotzebue. Verso reads: "This is a picture of Esther, her mother who weighs almost as much as Miss Burnett, her sister and a little neice [niece] and...
48 second, color/silent, film clip of people engaged in various forms of handiwork. Women are working with leather, perhaps crimping soles with their teeth. Another woman is sitting on a semi-subterranean building grinding something with a...
60 second, color/silent film clip of residents of Point Hope offloading supplies. The ship is anchored off in the distance as men, women and children carry supplies up the beach. Boards have been set up as a ramp so barrels can be rolled over...
58 second, color/silent, film clip of activities on a playground in Point Hope. The clip shows women and children in what appears to be a school yard. Children are playing on a swing set. Bags stacked on the beach indicate that this film was...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss in Nome. The Glue Pot Soda Fountain, the Nome Nugget Office and the Wien Alaska Airline Office can be seen in the background.
53 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss, a high kick, and umiak races in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
55 second, color/silent film clip. Clip shows summer scenes in Anaktuvuk Pass, including children with dogs and puppies, tents, and women with children. In several shots, it appears that there is a sled in the foreground.
41 second, color/silent, film clip of Eskimo dancing at Kotzebue. Children watch from the background. Further information was supplied by George Taylor at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks,...
56 second, color/silent film clip. Clip shows a Sikorsky Dragonfly [helicopter] landing at Anaktuvuk pass, the crew showing the helicopter to the locals and playing with children, and the helicopter taking off.
28 second, color/silent, film clip of a woman demonstrating how to get a small child in and out of the carrying position beneath her parka, 1958-1961. Two girls look on as she ties a strap to hold the child in position.
53 second, black & white/silent, film clip of men in kayaks demonstrating an "Eskimo roll". The kayaks appear to be skin boats and the men are wearing gut parkas.
39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.