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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
B2016.004.30.3
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband. At AFN 2022, dancer identified as possibly being from Kaltag or Nulato area]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.11
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.12
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.13
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.90
[Indigenous Elder woman outdoors] [AFN 2023, location identified as possibly Wales, Inupiaq Territory] [At AFN 2024, person identified as possibly Helen Senungetuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Elder, Woman, Wales, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Helen Senungetuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.004.30.2
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancers wearing puffin beak mittens]
Keywords: Alaska, Wainwright, Dancer, Mittens, Dance mittens, Alaska Federation of Natives, AFN, Fran Durner
Collection: B2016.004
B1955.003.310.21
(5th grade making calendars for Christmas.) [At AFN 2023, location tentatively identified as Diomede]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Children, Youths, Students, Schools, Classrooms, Fifth Grade, Calendars, Diomede
Collection: B1955.003_310 Arthur Eide
B2022.005.250
[an Indigenous woman in western clothes standing on planks in front of an open door to an arctic entry of a house] [At AFN 2024, the location was identified as Kikiktagruk (Kotzebue); At AFN 2025, person identified as surname Jones or Stalker]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Kikiktagruk, Kotzebue, Residences
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2014.027.177
[Alaska Native woman wearing eyeglasses and fur-trimmed parka standing behind fencing with other spectators. At AFN 2015, identified as Helen Senungetuk] [Inupiaq Territory, Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, woman confirmed Helen Senungetuk.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Iditarod, Sled dog race, Race, Winter, Snow, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Sitnasuaq, Nome, Woman, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Parka, Fur, Fence, Helen Senungetuk, Crowd, Spectators
Collection: B2014.027
B1980.041.020edit
[Athapascan man posed outdoors holding rifle. At AFN 2016, man tentatively identified as Chief Chimovisky]
Collection: B1980.041 Dorothy Stauter
B1991.011.588
Newtok [woman holds infant; structure in background; identified in 2019 village visit and AFN as Mary John]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1962.001.0618
[Athabaskan, Indigenous people; Young Ahtna women] [At AFN 2024, people identified as possibly members of the Stickwon family.]
Keywords: Ahtna, Indigenous, Women, Young Women, Athabaskan
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.TV.062.23
Gambell [whalers pulling umiak toward sea. At AFN 2015, man pulling boat identified as Frank Okhokiyuk]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2022.005.125
[Indigenous Alaskan mother and two children posed outside of house] [At AFN 2024, family identified as Ahmasuk in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Mother, Woman, Children, Child, Girl, Daughter, Son, Boy, Outside, House, Home, Residence, Building, Nome, Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.190
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings, and bystanders nearby] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.206
[Young Indigenous Alaskan woman and man on boardwalk outside building] [AFN 2023, location identified as Sitnasuaq (Nome)]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Women, Young man, Man, Coat, Clothing, Outerwear, Glasses, Boardwalk, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.25
[Indigenous man in bed, woman nearby; guitar in background] [At AFN 2024, identified as possibly Charlie Good Hope]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Bed, Room, Interior, Guitar, Musical instrument, Beads, Wooden trunk, Charlie Good Hope
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.45
[Indigenous woman in fur parka standing against building] [At AFN 2024, person identified as possibly Anna Ahmasuak]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Woman, Fur parka, Hide, Skin, Reindeer, Building, Structure, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Anna Ahmasuak
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.2386
Kotzebue, March 1969 [Woman wearing parka stands with dog on a chain. At AFN 2022, woman identified as Daisy Land]
Keywords: Alaska, Kotzebue, Daisy Land, Dog
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.166
[Indigenous Alaskan young man with pompadour at picnic with woman in pink playsuit] [At AFN 2024, identified as Tommy Trigg in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Picnic, Blanket, Woman, Playsuit, Recreation, Tommy Trigg, Trigg, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.185
[Indigenous Alaskan boy in parka standing outside house midwinter] [At AFN 2024, hill in background identified as the saddleback in Wales]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Young man, Parka, Fur ruff, Gloves, Boots, Outerwear, Clothing, Glasses, Winter, Snow, House, Building, Oil drums, Landscape, Wales, Saddleback
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.192
[Indigenous Alaskan man scraping frost from truck windshield; puppy in foreground] [At AFN 2024, identified as Steve Luke in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Winter, Snow, Frost, Scraping, Scrape, Windshield, Frozen, Truck, Transportation, Puppy, Dog
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.198
[Indigenous Alaskan family outside home midwinter; dogsled in background] [At AFN 2024, unspecified person identified as Emma Willoya]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandparents, Adults, Parents, Man, Woman, Child, House, Home, Building, Winter, Snow, Sled, Dogsled, Dog, Husky, Transportation, Emma Willoya
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.243
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.] [At AFN 2024, identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.244
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.] [At AFN 2024, identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.265
[two Indigenous women possibly processing an animal on the ground] [At AFN 2024, woman on left identified as Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Processing, Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.36
[Indigenous Alaskan young men and child outside; sled and building in background] [At AFN 2023, location identified as possibly Wales]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Children, Boys, Outside, Puddle, Mukluks, Footwear, Snowmelt, Melt, Spring, Sled, Dogsled, Transportation, Building, Structure, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.94
[Indigenous Alaskan child in fur (likely reindeer) parka and mittens; midwinter] [At AFN 2024, identified as possibly Lena Lutok Brown]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Parka, Mittens, Gloves, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Mukluks, Winter, Snow, Lena Lutok Brown
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.587
"Newtok, 1950s" [summer scene; woman poses with baby in front of structure; identified in 2019 village visit and AFN as Mary John]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2012.028.042
[group of six Natives; same as image .138; at AFN 2014, woman at right identified as chief’s daughter based on her dress and regalia]
Collection: B2012.028
B2022.005.109
[Three Indigenous Alaskans standing outside house; Young man with paper bag and suitcase] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Girl, Young women, Young man, Man, Suitcase, Luggage, Paper bag, Bag, House, Home, Building, Residence, Ladder
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.199
[Indigenous Alaskan young man on bicycle; row of houses in background] [At AFN 2024, person identified as Harold Ahmasuk, Sr., in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Teen, Bike, Bicycle, Transportation, House, Home, Buildings, Community, Harold Ahmasuk, Harold Ahmasuk Sr., Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.211
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq] [At AFN 2024, identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.44
[Group of young Indigenous girls in reindeer fur parkas posed inside room; treadle sewing table at left] [At AFN 2023, location identified as possibly Wales] [At AFN 2024, location confirmed Wales. Child wearing dark parka at left front identified as Katie Tokienna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Girls, Fur parka, Reindeer, Pelt, Hide, Skin, Room, Interior, Building, Sewing table, Treadle, Katie Tokienna, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.123
[Four Indigenous Alaskan Elders wearing parkas, gloves, and mukluks outside midwinter] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Nome or Wales]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Group, Elders, Men, Women, Parka, Fur, Ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Gloves, Mukluks, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Nome, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.145
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; People dancing, seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.167
[Distant view of two people rowing in small watercraft on river; bystanders on shore at right] [AFN 2023, location identified as Nome River.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Rowing, Boat, Watercraft, Oars, Paddles, River, Bystanders, Shore, Landscape, Mountains, Hills
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.52
[Three Indigenous girls at camp posed for photo; tent and man in background] [At AFN 2024, family identified as Walter and Virginia Atuk with their daughters]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Young women, Camp, Tent, Man, Firewood, Clothing, Atuk, Walter Atuk, Virginia Atuk, Families
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.004.gambelldogs
[Dogs outisde house in Gambell. Print date Aug 61. Date stamp 4 60. At AFN 2015, identified as Walunga's old house]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2022.005.165
[Indigenous Alaskan man fishing from shoreline; additional people fishing in background] [At AFN 2024, person identified as Frank Okleasik from Nome, his parents were from Shishmaref]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Fishing, Fisher, Fishing pole, Pole, Rode, Shoreline, Shore, Nome, Frank Okleasik
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome beach]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument, Nome, Beaches
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.242
[Passengers boarding Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus; man in parka and sunglasses looking at camera. Inupiaq Territory.] [At AFN 2024, identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.81
[Indigenous mother with chin tattoos wearing fur parka and carrying infant on her back; residence in background] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Woman, Mother, Chin tattoos, Tattoos, Infant, Baby, Family, Fur Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, Residence, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1962.001A.140
Copper River [Indigenous men], Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E285 [verso:] Chief Goodletaw in middle [studio portrait of three Ahtna men. Atna (Copper River)] [At AFN 2024, person at left identified as possibly Chief Goodletaw’s relative; At AFN 2025, it was confirmed by Chief Goodletaw's grandson that the individual in the center is Chief Goodletaw.]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Men, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Chief Goodletaw, Chief, Goodletaw
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2021.010.176
[two Indigenous women sitting on the ground next to metal buckets. Woman on right is holding something, possibly a hide] [At AFN 2022, location identified as Yup’ik area because White Mountain does not have the grass pictured; At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly St. Michael] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Buckets, Harvesting, Grass, Yup'ik territory, St. Michael
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1991.011.532
"'Story knifing' 12/65, Newtok" [three children squatting on snow wearing parkas; girl holds knife; at 2019 AFN, girl identified as Marie Moses]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
