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B1970.073.020
58. Group of Indians [on verso:] Copper River Indians [stereograph. Ahtna Indians standing outdoors]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B2015.008.591
(Indian cradle mile 126 Copper River)
Keywords: native alaskan, children
Collection: B2015.008
B1971.014.20
On Yukon River, Alaska Indian in Birch bark canoe [1909?]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1971.014.019
of Copper River Indians, Alaska; 403 [from verso[ Family of Copper River Indians [men, children pose; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1979.002.Album1.306
Mouth, Indian River. D. L. Reaburn [at Susitna River, Talkeetna Mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1972.046.034
Siwash Indian camp. [Susan Jackson, Metis Association: Probably Kutchin or Peel River Indians, closer to Ft. McPherson than the Yukon."]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1972.046.034edit
Siwash Indian camp. [Susan Jackson, Metis Association: Probably Kutchin or Peel River Indians, closer to Ft. McPherson than the Yukon."]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B2014.001.87
Furs, hides, antlers - old Indian camp, Tanana River, Fairbanks, 1959
Collection: B2014.001
B2019.015.7
JUL 65P [View of Indian River with bushes in the foreground. Railroad car visible to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Indian River
Collection: B2019.015
B2014.016.2004
Sleitmute. Native Indian river outboard boat [two men, woman, and dog in wooden skiff pulled up to floatplane on river]
Keywords: transportation, postal services, animals
Collection: B2014.016
B1991.030.63
Hunting camp of Copper River, Ahtena [sic: Ahtna] Native Alaskans. From front of image: "Upper Copper River Indians, summer camp; Mendenhall, USGS 1898." From verso: Mendenhall, W. C. #27; Hunting camp of Copper River INdians, Delta River. Gulkana District, Copper River regions, 1898" [men, women, children, dogs, canvas tents; river and mountains in background]
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B2008.004.008
Indian hut. Eskimo hut [shows a log cabin that was used by prospectors going up the Copper River]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B1962.001A.142
Copper River Native, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E280 [studio portrait of Ahtna man. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskan man, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2019.003.015
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Knick River [scenic of Knik River in winter, probably taken from bridge] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Knik River, Winter, Mountains, Mountain range
Collection: B2019.003
B1987.056.256
Ma Goodlatau of Chitina, Aaa, one of the few remaining full blood Cooper River Indians. She took an active in the Indian War against the early Russian Settlers. H.W. Steward, 1927 [Copper River woman with two dogs, one wearing pack]
Keywords: animals, transportation, clothing
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1962.001A.143
Copper River Native, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E282 [studio portrait of young Ahtna man. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskan man, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.494
#14. The chief’s daughter, Copper River, Alaska. Copyright 1907 by Cantwell, Valdez, Alaska. G3668 [Ahtena Indians] [Studio portrait of young Ahtna woman. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Young woman, Woman, Girl, Daughter, Chief, Atna, Copper River, Portrait, Studio, Button trim
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1963.x.010
Copper River Indians of Athapaskan stock performing tribal ceremonies welcoming dance at Matanuska Valley Fair, 5 Sept 1955
Collection: B1963.x_010
B1962.001A.141
Copper River Native, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E286 [verso:] Chief Goodletaw [studio portrait of Ahtna man. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskan man, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Blanket, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Chief Goodletaw, Chief, Goodletaw, BIPOC, Atna
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.140
Copper River Natives, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E285 [verso:] Chief Goodletaw in middle [studio portrait of three Ahtna men. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskans, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Men, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Chief Goodletaw, Chief, Goodletaw
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.495
Chief Goodlata-Tarral Siwash, Copper River, Alaska. Guy F. Cameron, V27, copyright 1908 [Goodletaw (Ahtena Chief); Ahtena Indians] [Studio portrait. Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Chief, Chief Goodletaw, Goodletaw, Taral, Siwash, Atna, Copper River, Studio, Portrait
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.137
Copper River Native, Alaska [verso:] Chief Goodletaw [studio portrait of Ahtna man. Same as B1962.001.931; Ahtena Indians; P.S. Hunt, photographer] [Indigenous Alaskan man, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, BIPOC, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, Chief Goodletaw, Chief, Goodletaw
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.824
Indian cache, copied by whites throughout Alaska. Tin on posts keeps out mice &
porcupines. Copper River Ry. [Athapascan log cache in summer. cf. .590-591]
Keywords: copper river, native alaskan cache
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.138
Alaska ’48 – Aniak, Kuskokwim Indian fixing salmon to dry [Alaska Native woman cleaning fish on table in river, pile of roe at right]
Collection: B2017.011
B2019.003.026
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna from the river [distant view of buildings in trees in winter, possibly fish trap visible through ice of river in middle ground] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna buildings, River, River view, Eklutna from river, Winter, Mountain, Mountains, Mountain range, Icy river, River ice, Fish trap
Collection: B2019.003
B1962.001A.138
Copper River Natives, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E283 [verso:] Horse Creek Mary (father was Russian) [studio portrait of two Ahtna men and one woman. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskans, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Woman, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Russian, Horse Creek Mary, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2017.011.139
Alaska ’48 – Kuskokwim Indian fixing salmon to dry (Aniak) [Alaska Native woman cleaning fish on table over river, same woman as in .138]
Collection: B2017.011
B2019.003.013
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna River canyon [woman holding walking stick standing with dog in canyon in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna River canyon, Canyon, Winter, Woman walking
Collection: B2019.003
B1962.001A.139
Copper River Natives, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E284 [verso:] Horse Creek Mary. [studio portrait of two Ahtna men and one woman, same people as in B1962.001.138a. Ahtena Indians] [Mary's father was Russian. Indigenous Alaskans, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Woman, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Russian, Horse Creek Mary, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1971.014.018
Copper River Indians Cordova, Alaska; hand colored [from verso] woodsmen[four men standing with axes, two two-man crosscut saws; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print; not in color]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1965.018.046
Indian boys at Circle City, Alaska, catching crackers and cakes tossed to them by passengers on steamer JP Light. "4x5 copy neg" [children, man, dogs near river bank, buildings in background]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B2016.010.262
Indian carrying salmon into his house, Fort Yukon, 10:15 a.m., cloudy, 50-5.6 [man on porch of house with two buckets of fish, another bucket of fish on small wheelbarrow in front, automobile parked at left, river in background]
Collection: B2016.010
B1979.002.Album1.315
D. L. Reaburn's party on Indian River. D. L. Reaburn [group of men sitting closely together near felled timber, man closest to camera whittling wood, railroad exploration party, Kenai Peninsula or Matanuska Valley, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1965.018.026
Indian at Circle City Alaska June 1901, "Yukon River pilot Sam on our steamer JP Light between Circle City and Ft Yukon, 6/21/01" [from verso]. {man wearing hat, smoking pipe, carrying bucket, unknown objects; fence and structure in background]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1962.001A.146
“Doc Billam” and two [wives]. Copper River Natives. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. E1016 [verso: Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [same as B1962.001a.145, B1062.001.1338; Ahtena Indians; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [With horse sled. Tiekel Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.145
Dock Billam and his two [wives] at Teikhell Road House. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. P25 [Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [caption written over earlier caption:] E1016 Copper River Natives [same as B1962.001a.146, B1062.001.1338; Ahtena Indians; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [With horse sled. Tiekel, Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson