Photograph shows men wearing kuspuks with fur around the hoods, mukluks, and other winter garb pulling a whale up out of the water and over the snow and ice. There is a low boat on the shore to the right of the...
Group of people photographed at their summer camp. Identifications are: John Kivutsut, Mary Loola, Mable Kivutsut, Hannah Loola, Julia Loola, Sandy Robert, Arthur Kivutsut. A dog is attached to a sled and there are several snowshoes to the right...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Mary Cox and Beatrice Vincent skin a bearded seal. They appear to be using ulus or women's knives. A dog waits nearby.
Title by indexer. Photograph of a man butchering a walrus as others look on. The head of the walrus has been removed and sits at the far right of the image.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of a fish wheel under construction and in operation. Narration briefly describes the process.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative project...
70 second film clip, color/silent, of fishing near Deering, Alaska. A man and a boy in a small rowboat set the net and haul it in. People on shore help pull it in and pick the fish out.
37 second film clip, black & white with audio track of, Jay Hammond testifying before the Joint Federal State Land Use Planning Commission while mayor of Bristol Bay Burough. Jay states that local residents do not want a road from Anchorage to the...
Title from notes on the back of photograph: " Dogs tied just out of fighting range ". Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a simple dwelling, with strips of meat or fish drying outside. A group of dogs can be seen playing in the yard. Property...
Title by cataloger. This may be a seasonal fish camp on the Copper River or Tanana River. Along the river are white-wall tents, a dog, children, fish racks, dip nets, house utensils, smokestacks, laundry hung to dry, several people and boats at...
Title taken from caption. View of two women butchering a beluga whale on a beach near Kotzebue, Alaska. A group of spectators are watching the the women as they prepare the meat from a successful whale hunt. Photograph taken July 5, 1952....