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Collection Name	Winter and Pond. Photographs, 1893-1943. ASL-PCA-87
Identifier	ASL-P87-0223
Title	Kah-Chuckte of Killisnoo c. 1895.
Description	Tlingit policeman Kah-Chuckte [Kah Kluck Tay], in uniform with badge and a cap that reads Killisnoo; standing in front of house with shield and signboard over door. Shield depicts a row of houses along a beach. c. 1900.Verso: A contemporary of "Killisnoo Jake" . Sign in image : "RIGHTFUL CHIEF OF ALL "NELTUNKEN" , "GUNGH", "TAH-KOOGH", AND "KOOCHKA-HEEN." KNOWN AS SUCH, I AM "KAH-CHUCKTE" FROM YAKUTAT TO FAR "STICKEEN" . YES, MY NAME IT IS "KAH-CHUCKTE" , MANSLAYER, IN THE BOSTON TONGUE . OLD AS YONDER GRANITE MOUNTAINS IS THE LINAGE WHENCE I SPRANG . STORES OF FURS AND BLANKETS PILLAGED BY THE "ADAMS" PIRATE CREW , THOUGH "KAH-CHUCKTE", EVER NEUTRAL , DWELT AFAR FROM "KOOTZNAWOO" . NOW I ASK NOT FOR POSITIONS . SUCH, TO "JAKE" I WILL CONCEDE , WHILE "KAH-CHUCKTE", FROM YOUR NATION, WILL, FOR JUSTICE ONLY, PLEAD." -
Creator	Winter & Pond
Subject.TGM	Tribal chiefs Police Uniforms Houses Leadership
Subject.LCSH	Tribal government Bombardment Bombings--Alaska--Angoon
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Southeast Alaska--Tlingit
Personal Name	Kah Kluck Tay, Tlingit chief
Location	Killisnoo (Alaska)
Region	Southeast Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Portrait photographs)
Related Materials	CCL Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=52149563
Ordering & Use	http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

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