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B2022.005.266
[one Indigenous woman in fur parka, mittens, and boots standing in the snow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, parka, mittens, boots
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2013.075.6
Port Graham, 1966 [man standing outside house with dog]
Keywords: residences, animals
Collection: B2013.075
B2022.005.24
[Indigenous Alaskan in spotted fur (likely reindeer) parka outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Mukluks, Gloves, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.240
[Semi-obstructed view of docks and vehicles]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, View, Dock, Vehicles, Truck, Transportation, Crate, Wooden crate, Pipe, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.141
[Group of Indigenous Alaska Elders in parkas standing outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Man, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Boots, Coats, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.179
[Newborn laying on floral couch]
Keywords: Newborn, Baby, Infant, Laying, Lay, Couch, Floral, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.18
[Indigenous Alaskan mother holding child's hand and operating manual washing machine; outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Toddler, Family, Holding hands, Operating, Manual, Manually, Washing machine, Washer, Barrel, Laundry, Clothing, Wash, Winter, Snow, Home, House, Building, Doorway, Door, Entrance
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.200
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman standing on boardwalk outside Polaris Bar building. Sitnasuaq (Nome), Inupiaq Territory]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Sitnasuaq, Nome, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Young woman, Teen, Teenager, Girl, Boardwalk, Polaris Bar, Bar, Building, Business, Sign, Coca Cola, Olympia Beer, Town
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.208
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women with child standing outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Woman, Women, Child, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.209
[Three Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing outside midwinter; houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Elder, Women, Men, Parka, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.1045
Jan71P7 #16030 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with rose-pattern fabric and gloves dances in front of drummers, singers, men, who are also wearing parkas, fur trim]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1061
Jan71P7 #16046 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered headdress, plaid shirt, gloves dances in front of men, women, drummers; artwork in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1049
Jan71P7 #16034 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing green, fur trimmed parka, white mukluks dances; hand of second dancer seen at left. At AFN 2022, individual identified as ? Kogak of Wainwright performing a Point Hope dance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Point Hope, Dancing, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.198
[Indigenous Alaskan family outside home midwinter; sled in background, husky in foreground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandparents, Adults, Parents, Man, Woman, Child, House, Home, Building, Winter, Snow, Sled, Dogsled, Dog, Husky, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.239
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Man standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.003.76
F 123 130, Tim cutting fish strips [one Indigenous individual processing salmon with a boardwalk and buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Salmon, King Salmon, Fish, Processing, Ladder, Boardwalk, Buildings
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.005.88
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and man with reindeer in harnesses hooked up to sleds; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Man, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Reindeer, Caribou, Harness, Harnessed, Sled, Sleds, Building, Buildings, Community, Transportation, Outside, Snow, Winter, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.201
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple sitting on chair; woman holding potted plant]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, Mukluks, Footwear, Chair, Room, Interior, Building, House, Home, Plant, Potted plant, Telephone, Phone, Rotary phone
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.70
[Indigenous Alaskan child in parka ice fishing; small pile of fish nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Fishing, Ice Fishing, Ice, Fishing, Fish, Fisher, Tool, Fishing pole, Pole, Food, Subsistence, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.1054
Jan71P7 #16039 Barrow [side view of Inupiat men holding drums; Inupiat women in background; parkas, fur]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1156
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; five Inupiat children play and laugh while looking at camera; metal drums (containers) in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1027
Jun70P5 #15403 Barrow [Three children wearing fur trimmed parkas stand in open doorway of structure, possibly domicile, snow, steel drums (container) birdhouse on gable end at left; person at far right background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1105
Jan71P7 #17922 Barrow [Inupiaq child wearing parka leans against jukebox "Finest stereo albums of the Month on 33-1/3 records" with albums from Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, others that are illegible; wood paneling; possible wood stove or electric heater at right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Jukebox
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1059
Jan71P7 #16044 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern, eyeglasses]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.196
[Boy in trash can collecting glass bottles; child and building in background]
Keywords: Boy, Child, Children, Trash, Trash can, Collecting, Bottle, Glass bottle, Running, Runner, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.023.411
The Cold Storage Gang: Mr. Ben Snowden, Seattle; Wally, Minn.; Tom Tucker, Kentucky; William Litzinger, Ohio; Harry Calkins, Minn. [group portrait of four soldiers posed with man in civilian clothing on beach]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.1026
June 70 P5, #15400 Barrow [woman pulling rope attaching objects to wooden sledge; child stands behind second sledge while another child reclines on it; one person stands looking at structure; possibly domicile with door ajar, parkas, moose antlers above doorway, possible seal poke at right on ground, snow, puddles, steel drums (containers) at left]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge, Antlers, Moose antlers
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1053
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing red fur trimmed parka, eyeglasses sings and gestures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Singing
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.235
[Two Indigenous Alaskan women in sunglasses sitting on house roof; person leaning against railing near door; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Woman, Sunglasses, Sunny, Sitting, Seated, Roof, House, Home, Building, Residence, Person, Individual, Leaning, Rail, Railing, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Outerwear, Clothing, Gloves, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.1121
Aug61P Barrow [State Trooper squats while interacting with children outside the Point Barrow Trading Post; furs hanging on line; parkas; structures; automobile in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children, Alaska State Trooper, Point Barrow Trading Post
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.234
[Indigenous Alaskan woman outside in winter parka, gloves in pocket. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Outerwear, Clothing, Gloves, Lipstick, Makeup, Winter, Snow, Outside, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.89
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and man with harnessed reindeer near sleds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Man, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Reindeer, Caribou, Harness, Harnessed, Sled, Sleds, Transportation, Outside, Snow, Winter, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.94
[Indigenous Alaskan child in fur (likely reindeer) parka and mittens; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Parka, Mittens, Gloves, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Mukluks, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B2017.024.1060
Jan71P7 #16045 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern dances in front of men, women, drummers, singers; artwork on display in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
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
B2014.027.31
ITDR-78 #17. Mother and sleeping baby, “Spectators,” Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027