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B1998.014.1.581
E25 Native Alaskan woman, Tetinek photo "1948 postcard" [same as .580, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.582
E25 Native Alaskan woman, Tetinek photo "1948 postcard" [same as .580, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.646
E58 Alaskan Native headdress "Klukwan Native" [same as .646, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.681
(Hungry-Alaskan Native Boy)[boy appearing to smoke a cigarette]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2019.007.639
Togiak. 1991; Alaskan Native Eskimo woman picking grasses for baskets [grass harvesting; structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1998.014.1.1218
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [same as .1217; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1219
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [same as .1217; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.02a.08765.02
Alaskan Native Eskimo Girls Traditional Parkas Barrow AK [Alaskan Indigenous People], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Indigenous Alaskans, Children, Barrow, Fur Parkas, Inupiaq
Collection: B2016.019
B1973.079.154
[Three Native Alaskans and several reindeer standing by sled in the snow]
Keywords: winter, reindeer, native, eskimo, central yupik natives, parkas
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2010.023.707
[two native alaskan children on the porch of a house smiling for the camera]
Collection: B2010.023
B2016.019.1.02a.05135.05
Alaskan Native Nurse w/ Child Patient Noorvik AK Winter [Alaskan Indigenous People], 1986
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Indigenous Alaskans, People, Children, Women, Noorvik, Yup'ik
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.1217
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [structure in meadow, ladder, antler; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.158
[Native Alaskan family dressed in winter parkas standing in front of house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1998.014.1.580
E25 Native Alaskan woman, Tetinek photo "1948 postcard" [portrait of woman wearing striped kuspuk, parka with fur ruff. snow, structures in distance, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.37
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors in summer, both wearing Western style clothing, man wearing necktie, location non-Alaskan]
Collection: B2015.007
B1973.079.145
[Four Native Alaskan women standing on the front porch of a house dressed in winter parkas]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2016.004.987
Native Alaskan, Bethel, AK [man sitting on bench; print date Sep 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2000.014.2
(man and woman with two children by tower)
Keywords: native alaskan, winter
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1964.001.110
Alaskan belles and reindeer. [Color postcard. Alaska Native women wearing traditional clothing, with reindeer]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2001.041.281
The old and the young {native woman dressed in traditional clothing with a young buy sitting in her lap posing for portrait in photogrpahers studio}
Keywords: child, mother, native alaskan
Collection: B2001.041 Goetze
B1998.014.1.623
E42 An Alaskan [portrait of Alaska Native man in cloth parka, fur ruff, frost, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2008.004.001
Bunch of Alaskans. Some of the crew with a few of the Alaskan Eskimo. Bjorkman [Mattoi?] [This photo was taken during the 1888 summer cruise of the U.S.S. Thetis. Crewmen and Natives seated on the ground.]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B1962.001A.138007
(E283)(dupe) Copper River Natives Alaska (Horse Creek Mary in the middle)
Keywords: native alaskan, portrait
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.1298
O85 Spirit houses, Alaskan Native graves at Eklutna [orthodox crosses, people visiting cemetery at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.984
Native Alaskans, Bethel, AK [elder holding toddler, sitting outside house; print date Sep 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.1211
O53 Native Alaskan Community house; photo by Frank Morgan (Haida, 1948 postcard and print) [copy neg; same as .1211]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1212
O53 Native Alaskan Community house; photo by Frank Morgan (Haida, 1948 postcard and print) [copy neg; same as .1211]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1411
S118 Native Alaskan Cemetery {1946 postcard (Eklutna)} [two service men look at gravesites, spirit houses, orthdox crosses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.003.2
15168 (Esquimo)(Victor Animatograph Co.)[ Native Alaskan men women and children possibly a family portrait dressed in traditional fur parkas]
Collection: B2014.003
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
B2018.021.689
Alaskan photography by Everett J. Wilde, Tetlin [Alaska Native family eating meal inside canvas tent, woman with chin tattooing sitting next to cups, plates, cans, and food on board, people sitting on mattress in back]
Collection: B2018.021
B2018.021.690
Alaskan photography by Everett J. Wilde, Tetlin [Alaska Native hunter wearing white parka pulling black kayak on sled across sea ice]
Collection: B2018.021
B2019.007.542
photographer number 00354.035.04-97; May 16, 1991; Alaskan Native Eskimo girl on beach/ summer/ Togiak, Alaska/ mr [boats and mountains in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.2
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.3
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.34
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.67
[two young Alaska Native women posed in bushes next to large building, both wearing beanies, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.004.613
(Pribilof Islands seals_immature males){immature male fur seals rounded up into culling groups watched over by a lone native alaskan holding a killing stick}
Keywords: fur seal, pribilof island, hunting, harvest
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.613
(Pribilof Islands seals_immature males){immature male fur seals rounded up into culling groups watched over by a lone native alaskan holding a killing stick}
Keywords: fur seal, pribilof island, hunting, harvest
Collection: B2016.004
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
B1989.016.2261.4
[group portrait of four Southeast Alaskan Native men in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1297
O86 Native Alaskan graves, Eklutna, near Anchorage. [family walks in cemetery near spirit houses, orthodox crosses; Old Saint Nicholas Church in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.556
E2 Alaskans in Native dress [four women wearing fur parkas, fur ruffs, trim, mukluks, headscarves, mittens, sitting on ice, snow. copy neg?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
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
B1972.046.92
1235 )King Island Eskimo with Umiak on Snake R at Nome)(4x5 copy neg)(Baker and Baker films10/75){three native alaskans in a large skiff loaded with supplies landing on beach in Nome}
Keywords: boat, trnasportation
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B2019.007.538
May 16, 1991; photographer number 00353.013.12-7; Alaskan Native Yupik Eskimo children/ Togiak, Alaska [four children at railing of boardwalk; road, automobiles, and structures in the background]
Collection: B2019.007