Descriptive Narrative: Section of totem pole. Figure of Abraham Lincoln Notes: "The so-called Lincoln Totem Pole from Tongass Island was, according to a report by judge Wickersham, a figure of Abraham Lincoln. The carving of the pole was...
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. ...
Text: In the foreground… totem carved by the
S. E. Alaska Indians of WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
"sitting on his suitcase"… (extreme right).
Original Lincoln to[t]em at the left. Note he
Has his hand extended "holding the...