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 taken from caption on slide. "Drying ugruk skins and full seal oil pokes Yaiyuk Harris and wife Sishoalikroaq 1952." [The name Yaiyuk is also spelled Yiyuk in this collection. Ugruk means seal, probably bearded seal.]
Title taken from caption. View of a display of flowers along the street and on wagons in Palmer, Alaska. Sign reads: "There is beauty in the sunlight and the soft blue heaven above. Oh the world is full of beauty when the heart is full of love"....
Title taken from caption. View of a display of flowers along the street and on wagons in Palmer, Alaska. Sign reads: "There is beauty in the sunlight and the soft blue heaven above. Oh the world is full of beauty when the heart is full of love"....
Title taken from sign on wagon in photo at left. View of early wagon on display in Palmer, Alaska, with truck, sign, another wagon, and building at right. Sign next to wagon reads: "There is beauty in the sunlight and the soft blue heaven above. Oh...
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph during at a dig site wearing full rain gear, including a hat, jacket, pants and boots. There is a wheelbarrow full of dirt next to him, and he is holding a shovel. Photograph taken during...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....