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B2022.005.95
[Two Indigenous Alaskan boys carrying armfuls of firewood]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boys, Children, Child, Toddler, Wood, Firewood, Armful, Carry, Carrying, Fuel
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1962.001.2436
[Indigenous boy] [Ahtna] [Valdez. Saloon in background, left]
Keywords: Indigenous, Ahtna, Ahtena, Valdez, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Mountain, Mountain range, Building, Saloon, Rooms
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.43
[Man and three Indigenous boys pulling harnessed reindeer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Young men, Boys, Reindeer, Harnessed, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.222
[Indigenous Alaskan boy in brown coat smiling at camera; room interior]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Coat, Outerwear, Clothing, Smile, Smiling, Room, Interior, House, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.42
[Two Indigenous boys in parkas carrying harvested fowl; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Boys, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Fowl, Bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Hunter, Hunt, Hunting, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.64
[Indigenous boy in winter gear outdoors near building, midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Coat, Boots, Outerwear, Clothing, Winter, Snow, Building, House, Structure, Doorway, Door, Entrance
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.130
[Indigenous Alaskan boy standing outside house midwinter; snow shovel nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Shovel, Snow shovel
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.112
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child standing outside midwinter, woman with arm around boy; white truck in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Child, Boy, Son, Family, Outside, Winter, Snow, Landscape, Horizon, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Hug, Truck, Vehicle, Transportation, Road
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.024.076
Klawak, Indian boys, Apr. ’53 [two young boys on dock, Klawock]
Keywords: Klawock, Indigenous Alaskans, children
Collection: B2016.024
B1962.001A.439
[Indigenous] boys at Tonsina playing steamboat [Ahtna boy playing with boat] [Structures with chimneys behind trees at right. Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Boys, Children, Play, Playing, Water, Creeks, Toys, Tonsina, Bridges, Tents, Buildings, Smokestacks, Chimneys, BIPOC
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
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
B2022.005.173
[Two Indigenous Alaskan kids at a picnic reading comics; boy with pompadour hairstyle covering his face with an Archie comic] [At AFN 2024, identified as possibly Tommy Trigg beside Nome seawall]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Kids, Young man, Boy, Girl, Comics, Comic, Archie, Picnic, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Reading, Recreation, Nome, Seawalls, Tommy Trigg, Trigg
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.77
[Young white boy with three Indigenous Alaskan children holding large chunks of ice; dog sled team at left] [At AFN 2024, group identified as possibly Omedelina family]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Boys, Girls, Ice, Ice chunks, Ice floes, Winter, Snow, Dogs, Sled, Dog sled, Dog team, Husky, Huskies, Families, Omedelina
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.202
[Two Indigenous Alaskan boys and a young woman posing in living room. Girl possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon] [AFN 2023, young woman identified as Edna Ahmasuk; location identified as Sitnasuaq (Nome)]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boys, Children, Young woman, Girl, Teen, Teenager, Living room, Room, Interior, House, Home, Building, Chair, Telephone, Phone, Rotary phone, Window, Curtains, Costume, Gun holster, Holster, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon, Edna Ahmasuk, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.14
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Young Indigenous boy outdoors in fur parka holding dead bird at side, midwinter. Inupiaq Territory, Sitŋasuaq (Nome). Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Bird, Dead bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Winter, Snow, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm, Sitŋasuaq, Sitnasuaq, Nome, Inupiaq Territory, Inupiat
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.191
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses smiling; boy wearing costume gun holster at right. Girl in white dress possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Nome or Wales. Girl as left identified as possible Edna Ahmasuk, and girl in center possibly last name Savok]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenager, Teen, Dress, Smile, Smiling, Boy, Costume, Holster, Gun holster, House, Home, Interior, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon, Wales, Nome, Edna Ahmasuk, Ahmasuk, Savok
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1962.001.0154
(Taral?) [same photo B62.1.1873; Ahtna, Indigenous people; Houses and buildings – Taral] [Five children outside house at Taral, near mouth of Chitina. Possibly Goodletaw family. Young girls wearing dentalium earrings. Same older boy in .0152. Atna (Copper River), Tsedi Na' (Chitina). Taral Band Lower Ahtna.]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Taral, Ahtena, Indigenous, Children, Toddler, Boy, Young man, Girl, Young girl, Family, Goodletaw, Group, Atna, Copper River, Tsedi Na', Chitina, Near Chitina, House, Home, Dwelling, Structure, Dentalium, Earrings
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson