Photograph by Alphonse Kemmerich, in the early 1930's. The photo shows the staff housing (left) and fish hatchery building (on right) at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries fish hatchery on Lake McDonald, near Yes Bay, Alaska. The hatchery was always...
The man wears regalia featuring bear designs; he holds a rattle in one hand and, in the other, the Kaagwaantaan Bear Staff Kuchein (Martin White) of the KookhĂtaan or "Box House People" in Sitka, with his wife Yaast'ooch whose clan was...
Title taken from image. Man in ceremonial headdress and button shirt with frog emblem, holding dance staff; standing in front of log wall with hanging button blanket. Photographer's number 212.
Title from sign on building. Staff members: Polleen Rukovishnikoff, Sophie Stepetin, Nedesna Prokipioff, Irene Melovidov, Pter Prokopioff, doctor and nurse. From Larry Pletnikoff.
His waterproof boots are made of bearded sealskin bottoms and hairless seal skin tops. He carries a staff called an Unaaqpauraq in Iñupiaq with a point on one end and a hook at the other, used to test the strength of the ice before walking on it....
Title taken from photographer's notes. Caption: You are grateful for the radio-phone, the airplane and the friendly, expert care of the hospital staff - to these things you owe your life. Photographer's number 37.
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 2:10 minutes MPG format. After Robin Davis 19 2nd grade class used Northern Journeys: Dogs in Alaska as part of their classroom curricula, they came to the Museum to tour the galleries and to meet two dog...