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....
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,...
Robert Edenshaw leading dancers (left), Matthew Collison (holding carved fish), Edwin Scott (fourth from left), Hugo Cogo (seventh from left), Ben Duncan, Mike George, ca. 1900.
Title from verso. Two women walking among grave markers. Many of the graves are marked by orthodox crosses. The cemetary is bordered by a fence woven from saplings.
Title from caption. Prospector, wearing pack with supplies, blankets, and gold pans, pauses on corduroy trail, holding walking stick; the cross pieces of small logs extend into the distance.