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| |  | Anchorage Memorial Cemetery, 1937. | Cemeteries; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Water tanks; Buildings | View of Anchorage Memorial Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska, with buildings and water tank in the background. From verso: "Anchorage Memorial Cemetery in 1937; the Native plots are with the little memorial houses in the front; The old water twoer [sic] was then still in use near 3rd and Gambell - then it was brush land and a dairy and pork farm easterly." 1937. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". | AMRC-b74-40-34 |
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| | ![Cemetery for Aleutian Islanders [Unangan] during WWII died of T.B. and other diseases 1940s.](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=96 "Cemetery for Aleutian Islanders [Unangan] during WWII died of T.B. and other diseases 1940s.") | Cemetery for Aleutian Islanders [Unangan] during WWII died of T.B. and other diseases 1940s. | Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Relocation camps; Crosses | 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. | ASL-FunterBay-12; ASL-P01-3749 |
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| |  | Shaman's Grave, Hoonah Alaska. | Shamans; Totem poles; Tombs & sepulchral monuments | Title taken from source. Carved wooden eagle, with trees in background. | ASL-Hoonah-24; ASL-P01-4188 |
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| |  | Thunderbird Clan Tribal house, formerly located below Governor's Mansion. | Funeral rites & ceremonies; Coffins; Families; Interiors; Houses | Title taken from verso. Hand tinted photograph. Seven men and a woman gathered around a coffin in front of a painted screen and important clan artifacts. Thunderbird House, Wooshketaan Clan. Verso: John Fawcett (caretaker) 4th from left. | ASL-Juneau-Indians-24 |
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| |  | Kowee, Juneau, 1892. | Tribal chiefs; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Tribal chiefs; Police; Uniforms; Leadership | Title taken from verso. Auk Chief, Kowee (Cowee, Kaawa.ee). Verso: Indian in state before cremation. Accompanying materials: Elderly native lying in state at Kluk-wal-too, c. 1895. | ASL-Juneau-Indians-8 |
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| |  | Native Totems and Church, Klinkwan, Alaska. | Villages; Totem poles; Churches; Wooden buildings; Tombs & sepulchral monuments | Title taken from image. Looking up that hill at a grave house, a totem pole, and a church. | ASL-Klinkwan-6; ASL-P01-1517 |
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| |  | Village of Klinkwan, Alaska. | Villages; Totem poles; Churches; Wooden buildings; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Waterfronts | View from beach; totem poles, houses, grave house, churches. | ASL-Klinkwan-7 |
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| |  | Group of natives on porch, above coffin. | Funeral rites & ceremonies; Coffins | Chilkat blankets on railing behind coffin. | ASL-P1-027 |
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| |  | Grave dancers. | Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Ceremonial dancers; Funeral rites & ceremonies | Title from image.
Group portrait of men in formal dress; some in Chilkat robes and tunics, others in beaded clothing, other traditional clothing, and military uniforms. Dance paddles are held prominently. Two formal portraits, framed and wrapped in bunting, are posed in front of an obelisk grave marker.
Marker in image: In memory of KEE-NE-GNACK Wife of Kaa-Sa-Tan. A former chief of Sitka tribe. Died at Sitka Alaska, at an advanced age and highly respected. July 3, 1899.
Verso: At old Paddy Parker's grave stone.
Photographer's number 624. | ASL-P1-030a |
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| |  | Killisnoo Indians. | Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Ceremonial dancers; Funeral rites & ceremonies | Title from image.
Group portrait of men in formal dress; some in Chilkat robes and tunics, others in beaded clothing, other traditional clothing, and military uniforms. Dance paddles are held prominently. Two formal portraits, framed and wrapped in bunting, are posed in front of an obelisk grave marker.
Marker in image: In memory of KEE-NE-GNACK Wife of Kaa-Sa-Tan. A former chief of Sitka tribe. Died at Sitka Alaska, at an advanced age and highly respected. July 3, 1899.
Verso of simelar image: At old Paddy Parker's grave stone.
Photographer's number 286. | ASL-P1-030b |
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| |  | Native Graves, Andreafski, Alaska. | Graves; Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Houses; Crosses | Title from image
Half a dozen or more hilltop "deadhouses" and numerous crosses | ASL-P12-184 |
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| |  | Three head-men of the Chilkat tribe, 1907. | Tribal chiefs; Shamans; Ceremonial objects | Ka-Sh-Ak, the Monkeyman, Skan-Doo [Skundoo], medicine man, and Ind-A-Yanek [Swatka], Indian guide. Three brothers, of the Kak-Von-Tons of the Chilkat tribe, Klukwan.
Photographer's number 11-N | ASL-P39-0443 |
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| | ![Skoon-doo-oo yak [Skundoo], shaman of the Eagle tribe.](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=9774 "Skoon-doo-oo yak [Skundoo], shaman of the Eagle tribe.") | Skoon-doo-oo yak [Skundoo], shaman of the Eagle tribe. | Tribal chiefs; Shamans; Healers | Studio portrait of Skundoo dressed in Native clothing, [with tufted auk hat and shaman rattle] | ASL-P39-0448 |
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| |  | Totems at old Tuxekan, Alaska. | Totem poles; Tombs & sepulchral monuments | Title from image
Group of totem poles, with grave house at right
Photographer's number 164-N | ASL-P39-0792 |
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| |  | Grave Islands. | Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Houses; Islands; Cemeteries | Water view of two small islands, each crowded with grave houses [near Shakan?]. | ASL-P45-0668 |
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| |  | The "Wolf" Totem. | Totem poles; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Cemeteries | Title from image.
Side view of large grave totem, depicting a wolf, with prominently outlined mouth, eye, and ear. | ASL-P45-0700 |
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| |  | Ghosts of departed years. | Totem poles; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Cemeteries | Title from image.
Grave totem depicting "The Raven and the Flood." | ASL-P45-0703 |
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| |  | Taku Indian doctor with long hair wearing double-breasted dark coat. | Physicians | Head to waist portrait. | ASL-P117-170 |
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| |  | Taku Indian Doctor, Alaska, wearing necklace, ca. 1900. | Physicians | Taku Indian doctor wearing necklace [perhaps baleen] and blanket trimmed with dear hooves, c. 1900. PCA 87-248. | ASL-P117-173 |
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| |  | Eskimo graves, Sledge Island. | Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Sleds & sleighs; Rocks; Oceans | Box above ground, with a cross next to it; pile of rocks with remnants of a sled; ocean in the distance | ASL-P12-032 |
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| |  | Chief Cow-wo-ee, lying in state. Alaska. | Tribal chiefs; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Tribal chiefs; Police; Uniforms; Leadership | Title from image.
Chief Kowee of the Auk Indians, lying in state covered with a Chilkat blanket and artifacts. 1892. | ASL-P171-013 |
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| |  | Indian Doctor. Copyright 1894. | Shamans; Drums | Title from image.
Tlingit man dressed in split loin cloth and wearing head-dress. Standing, holding two rattles; wearing headdress, necklace, and leather apron, c. 1900. Photographer's number 156.
Also at: ASL-P87-0258 | ASL-P171-036 |
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| |  | Indian Doctor healing. Copywright 1894. | Shamans; Hides & skins | | ASL-P171-093 |
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| |  | Eskimo Medicine Man. Nushagak, Alaska. Bristol Bay, Bering Sea. | Shamans; Masks; Fur garments; Ceremonial objects; Clothing & dress | Title from image.
Mask with upturned grin. Costume includes oversized hands, a fur tunic, and boots. | ASL-P18-120 |
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| |  | Eskimo Medicine Man. Bering Sea, Alaska. | Shamans; Masks; Fur; Fur coats; Fur garments; Hides & skins; Boots | Title from image.
Photographer's image 523.
Beneath image is notation [Port Moller -1924]. | ASL-P18-496 |
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| |  | Eskimo Medicine Man, Alaska. Exorcising Evil Spirits from a sick Boy. | Shamans; Boys; Masks; Fur; Fur coats; Fur garments; Hides & skins; Boots | Title from image. Caption on side of image: "Working To Best The Devil" J.E.T.
Photographer's number 493. | ASL-P18-497 |
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| |  | Kootznahoo burial c 1900. | Funeral rites & ceremonies; Coffins; Children | Title from verso. Group portrait of mourners with coffin. American flags and Chilkat robes are displayed. | ASL-P1-027 |
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| |  | Grave Dancers. | Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Ceremonial dancers; Funeral rites & ceremonies | Title from image.
Group portrait of men in formal dress; some in Chilkat robes and tunics, others in beaded clothing, other traditional clothing, and military uniforms. Dance paddles are held prominently. Two formal portraits, framed and wrapped in bunting, are posed in front of an obelisk grave marker.
Marker in image: In memory of KEE-NE-GNACK Wife of Kaa-Sa-Tan. A former chief of Sitka tribe. Died at Sitka Alaska, at an advanced age and highly respected. July 3, 1899.
Verso: Indian grave dancers in full costume c.1900 Grave dancers.
At old Paddy Parker's grave stone. Photographer's number 621. | ASL-P1-031 |
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| |  | Medicine Man, Stickeen River. | Shamans; Hats | Full face portrait. | ASL-P208-103 |
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| |  | Sha-Man or Witch Doctor. Healing a sick woman. | Shamans; Hides & skins | Title from image.
Native man kneeling by woman who is lying down with fur robe over her. Native artifacts in background include Chilkat blanket, carved totems. | ASL-P208-104 |
