Full-length studio portrait of Native American man, wearing traditional clothing, including a headdress, fringed leather jacket, band of metal bells, and moccasins; he holds a rifle and carries a blanket draped across one arm; headdress...
Title taken from source. This is John B. Fawcett (Dzeexwaa, Tlaak'wách) of the Wooshkeetaan Clan. Clan and personal identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs.
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Title taken from image. Two men wearing Chilkat blankets and hats; full length; black background. Photograph heavily retouched by creator. Photographer's number 101.
Man on the left uses a tool that resembles a metal garden hoe. The other men are using metal scraping tools, called "tuggaun" in Iñupiaq, which are the same tools used to butcher a whale. Scraping is made easier by freezing the skin.