Left to right: Dick Yelth nahwoo (Yéil naawú, Tleix'yaanag'ut) of the Deisheetaan Raven House wearing the Raven Hat. Alfred Perkins Sr. (Kwaal Éesh) of the Deisheetaan Needlefish House wearing the Beaver...
Man on the left uses a tool that resembles a metal garden hoe. The other men are using metal scraping tools, called "tuggaun" in Iñupiaq, which are the same tools used to butcher a whale. Scraping is made easier by freezing the skin.
(L. to r.): Cora Ungarook (15 or 16 years old, Spriggs married Cora and Andy Ungarook in 1908), Mary Ahkivgak (Otis Ahkivgak's wife), Alice Ahmaogak (Roy Ahmaogak's first wife). The girls wear dresses and hair ribbons typical of this time. Dresses...
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,...
Dr. Ira Gabrielson, Doyle Tripp, and Thompson, another Fish and Wildlife employee; from an album of photographs taken during a reconnaissance trip to Alaska with Gabrielson, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service
Chief Jake, Chief Yetlma, and Chief Andrew Dick sitting indoors in native regalia, with several masks beside them and a ceremonial bowl. Photographer's number 609.
Bolotowsky, Ilya (artist). Size: 11.5 x 15.5 in. Medium: Oil on paintboard Notes: Not signed or dated. Artist Info: Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981) served in the army during the Second World War as a Russian interpreter. Stationed in Nome, he made a...