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B2016.004.30.13
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.1
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing puffin beak mittens. At AFN 2017, dancer identified as Earl Mayac of King Island]
Keywords: Alaska, Wainwright, Dancer, Mittens, Dance mittens, Alaska Federation of Natives, AFN, Earl Mayac, King Island, Fran Durner
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.12
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.28.53
Ninilchik, 4-29-79 [two men with town buildings in background]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.2.48
1975 Fur Rondy [George Attla with sled, World Championship Sled Dog Races]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.11
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband]
Collection: B2016.004
B1991.011.585
"Newtow, a tundra village, southwestern Alaska; 1957; boys" [summer scene; four boys pose on riverbank; identified in 2019 village visit as David Tommyl Walter Kassiuliu, Joe Tommy; see .584]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.2371
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman wearing waders stands in water next to sea ice holding shovel; metal bucket]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.585
"Newtow, a tundra village, southwestern Alaska; 1957; boys" [summer scene; four boys pose on riverbank]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.004.art.windshieldrain
[print date Jul 72]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1991.011.529
Newtok, 1965; Ida Hunter with Cora Mae [woman holding infant; child in background; parkas; corrugated metal structure and door in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.590
Newtok; Moses igloo; 1957 [children in front of sod igloo; dog sled; parkas; window]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2016.004.68.25
Juneau aerials, Mendenhall Glacier, 9.3-6.77, Paolo Greer [low aerial of glacier, buildings in foreground]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.024.2286
Kotzebue, June 1967 [child poses with dead seals, gravel beach]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.596
Newtok; Sept. 1957 [man, woman, children near structure identified as temporary school; tundra; steel drum (container)]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.027.31
ITDR-78 #17. Mother and sleeping baby, “Spectators,” Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027
B1991.011.577
"Newtok 1958" [interior scene; man, woman, three children pose; parkas; chest(?) in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2005.013.160
Eskimos, Mekoryuk, 6/21/51, kayaks in background [Alaska Native woman wearing print parka, headscarf and sunglasses standing with three young girls on beach, one girl wearing print parka, one wearing fur parka, and one wearing Western-style clothing, kayaks, Quonset hut, and drying rack in background. Girl at left Lizzie Viola Amos, cf. .161]
Collection: B2005.013
B2019.003.147
“Scenes along the Alaska coast” Resurrection Bay entrance to Seward [scenic of water and coastline]
Collection: B2019.003
B2014.027.175
[two men smoking cigarettes, wearing fur-trimmed parkas, sitting on snow bank]
Collection: B2014.027
B1991.011.599
"Newtok camp on Nelson Isl. [island], 1958" [group of children pose with ocean in background; boy at center back wearing parka with ruff identified at 2019 AFN as Tommy Kusiak]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1321
Diomede, Feb 1962 "5. Trooper & kids at Diomede Store" [trooper and children pose in snow outside Diomede Native Store]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2293
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman carrying child in hood of parka and man walk near shore ice; upturned boat on gravel]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.2977
[woman wearing button blanket and fur headdress, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84. Cf. .2924]
Collection: B2017.029
B1991.011.579
"Newtok at school?" [likely 1958; fourchildren and one woman sit on floor, possibly playing a game; bookcases in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.2379
Kotzebue, March 1969 [people use brooms to clear snow from roof of structure as woman and children walk or stand on road]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.575
"Newtok, 1959" [woman with three children wearing parkas, kuspuk, pose inside structure with religious cards and crucifix hanging on wall in background; water damage on wall; window at right]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.013.25
At Knik, Aug. 07 [four people aboard gas launch Swan. Photographer O.G. Herning. cf. .24]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.013
B1991.011.550
Newtok; Nov 59; E. Clements; dupe [sod structure with snow; dogs on roof; window near center]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1041a
Oct70P5 #15722 Barrow "Ice fishing Eskimo woman" [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, leather gloves sits fishing through ice, possibly harpoon at right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Ice fishing, Harpoon
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.598
"Newtok; Mar 60 dupe; Betty Ann Tom w/floats" [winter scene; woman wearing parka poses with two seal flats; child at right; structures in background; sled runners at lower left]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.027.189
[two women standing outside business, woman at left wearing sunglasses, knitted cap and parka with fur ruff, Alaska Native woman at right wearing eyeglasses, print parka with fur ruff, and headscarf, holding purse; print date Aug 75. At AFN 2015, identified as Helen Fagerstrom of Nome (left) and possibly Hannah Hawley (right)] [Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, woman on left confirned Helen Fagerstrom.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiat, Women, Building, Business, Sunglasses, Cap, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Headscarf, Purse, Helen Fagerstrom, Hannah Hawley, Sitnasuaq, Nome
Collection: B2014.027
B1991.011.556
Newtok; Nick Tom family; 1957 [women, man, and infant pose inside dwelling; left to right: unidentified woman, Nick, Pauline, Gloria Ann (infant) Tom]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed; identified in 2019 as Maryanne Hooper and David Moses]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.558
Newtok, S. Western; Mrs. Mark Lincoln [woman wearing fur parka holds object in her right hand; calendar from The Seattle Fur Exchange displaying January 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.027.34
#2-78. Native Alaska lady (probably Inuit), Iditarod Sled Dog Race 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska [portrait of woman wearing eyeglasses, yellow headscarf, and fur parka. Cf. .182. At AFN 2016, woman tentatively identified as Molly Seetot of Brevig Mission]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Iditarod, Sled dog race, Race, Winter, Snow, Woman, Inuit, Nancy Lake, Portrait, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Headscarf, Parka, Fur, Molly Seetot, Brevig Mission
Collection: B2014.027
B1991.011.587
"Newtok, 1950s" [summer scene; woman poses with baby in front of structure]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
