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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
B2017.024.1027
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
B2017.024.1028
Jun70P5 #15405 Barrow [Exterior of structure with signs on window panes: "Whale Log: Alfred Leavitt, Don Nusungingya, Wyman Panigeo, Bert Okakok, Merle Solomon, Wyman Paniegeo, Winifrad A Ahvakana, Whit Lam Adams, Thomas Panninggona, Allen Kaleak, Soe Sikvayugak, Harold Itta, Joe Panigeo, Simeon Patkotak, David Brower, Alfred Leavitt; flag designs posted next to some names; snow on ground; corrugated roof]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Whaling, Whale Log
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1041
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
B2017.024.1041a
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
B2017.024.1045
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
B2017.024.1046
Jan71P7 16034 Barrow [man wearing parka with fur trim, walrus design; drummers and singers in background; wall decorated with painting of polar bear with seal, dogs, person; stuffed seal and animal skull above painting]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
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
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
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
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
B2017.024.1058
Jan71P7 #16043 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, white gloves dances]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka
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
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
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
B2017.024.1063
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [two Inupiat men dance: one wearing red fur-trimmed parka; one wearing walrus tusk design parka; drummers, singers in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1084
Jan71P7 #17900 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing tan parka with fur ruff sits at table talking; Coca-Cola cases in background; coffee urn on table in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Store, Coca-Cola
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
B2017.024.1113
Aug61P Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur ruff stands outdoors talking; structures in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1114
Aug61P Barrow [two men, woman, children stand near square hole in sodded ground, likely an underground food storage cellar; one man appears to be holding a briefcase; both men wear dress shoes, one smoking cigarette; child on tracked vehicle in left background; water, shore in distance. At AFN 2022, individuals at center identified left to right: Sadie Neakok (plaid parka with fur trim on hood) and Ronald Neakok (parka? With fur trim on hood)]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1115
Aug61P Barrow [children play on steel drums (containers) near shore; water; possible sea ice; boats at left on shore]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1116
Aug61P Barrow [Inupiaq child with mouth wide open wearing striped shirt, new blue jeans looks at camera; structures, steel drums (containers) in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Child
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1117
Aug61P Barrow [summer scene: four children play inside boat on shore; boats loaded with what appear to be containers tie up at shore; crowd of people near boats; structures, overturned boats at left. At AFN 2022, location possibly identified as north side of Browerville?. Individual in red sweater sitting in boat at left is Marlene Ipalook. Also pictured in .1156]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Boats, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1120
Aug61P Barrow [exterior view of man holding briefcase talking with woman holding paper and wearing mukluks; fish or meat hanging on drying rack; structures in background; possibly a cargo sled and boat at left, toys on ground, shovel; steel drums (containers) lining road]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Fish, Meat, Drying racks
Collection: B2017.024
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
B2017.024.1152
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; Inupiat children pose for camera]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1153
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; four Inupiat children pose for the camera; green structure in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1154
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; two Inupiat boys pose for camera; tracked vehicle in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1155
Alaska - Eskimo mother and child - Barrow in summer 1986 [1961?; Inupiaq woman wearing yellow and white scarf, coat with fur ruff, eyeglasses holds child; dogs at left; road in distance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
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
B2017.024.1157
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; two Inupiat children, one wearing torn parka; structure in distance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1158
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in winter, 1986 [image likely taken between 1961-1971; actually, a group of Inupiat adults and children standing outside wearing parkas; one child holding back of a toy sled; structures in background; possible storage structure in foreground; snow]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sled
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1167
May68P3 #01882 Bethel [Yup'ik man, woman, and child wearing parkas walk along dirt road carrying paper shopping bags; snow; crane (equipment); structures; windsock; water at far right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1168
May68P3 #01883 Bethel [Inupiaq man drives Evinrude snowmachine down dirt road; people walking in background; structures; automobiles; quonsetts at right; clothesline]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq, Snowmachine, Snowmobile, Quonset
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1169
May68P3 #01884 Bethel [Yup'ik people hauling wood on cart, wheelbarrow; parkas; dirt road; snow; puddles; storage tank and two-wheeled cart at far right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1171
May68P3 #01886 Bethel [Yup'ikchild wearing red hooded parka and break-up boots holds slingshot; dirt road; snow; debris in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1176
May68P3 #01891 Bethel [two Yup'ik children wearing parkas stand in doorway to possible arctic entry; curtain draped in open position; one child carries paper bag; snow; snow fence; structures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1184
May68P3 #01900 Bethel [child standing on boardwalk in front of log cabin wearing breakup boots; corrugated roof; fish on drying rack on neighboring rooftop; bicycles; red wagon; wash tubs; logs; ladder; note unusual shape for door in arctic entry of cabin]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1185
May68P3 #01901 Bethel [three children stand on boardwalk in front of cabin; child in center is barefoot; child at right wears breakup boots and is holding middle finger up against face; same location as .1184]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1187
May68P3 #01905 Bethel [children stand on porch of structure; fish strips drying on rooftop; dog sled in foreground; possibly a dipnet on roof]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1194
May68P3 #01913 Bethel [three children stand on pallet outside doorway of possible arctic entry to log cabin; clothes hanging on clothesline; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1212
Jul70P8 #15377 Bethel "Eskimo kids, Bethel, Alaska" [children walk along path near docks; pilings; boats; fishing nets; floats; airplane in water at upper right; structures; Kuskokwim River]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1313
21. Hunter returns empty-handed, Diomede. Photographer's number: 01520 [man walking away from camera across ice, carrying spear and hunting bag, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1314
Diomede, Feb 1962 [man wearing parka, mittens, sits holding gun with scope, cigarette]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1318
Diomede. Photographer's number: 01543 [man holding spear in kayak next to ice edge, blood and small pieces of possibly seal meat on ice]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1319
Diomede, Feb 1962 [man wearing parka, smoking cigarette; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1320
Diomede, Feb 1962 [man with ice fising tools, snow, structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
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