During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Descriptive Narrative: Playing cards (all original 52) and leather case. White Pass & Yukon Route. Different scenes.
History: Gift of Caryl Sale Krug and John W. Krug, 1998. Collected by William W. Sale and Neeta Tobey Sale, residents of Nome,...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:07 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:01 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Descriptive Narrative: Playing cards (all original 52) and leather case. White Pass & Yukon Route. Different scenes. History: Gift of Caryl Sale Krug and John W. Krug, 1998. Collected by William W. Sale and Neeta Tobey Sale, residents of Nome,...