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B2022.005.12
[Indigenous woman and child outdoors wearing gloves, mukluks, and reindeer fur parkas; sled in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Gloves, Mukluks, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Fur, Spotted fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Sled, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.126
[Indigenous Alaskan family posed outside home] [At AFN 2024, family identified as Ahmasuk, with Edna Ahmasuk at left and Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk at right, located in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Mother, Woman, Children, Child, Girl, Daughter, Son, Boy, Teenager, Grandma, Elder, Grandmother, Outside, House, Home, Residence, Building, Ahmasuk, Edna Ahmasuk, Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk, Families, Nome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.119
[Indigenous Alaskan group with boat in shore surf; three men standing in ankle-deep water at bow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Men, Watercraft, Boat, Shore, Beach, Waterfront, Water, Mountain
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.259
[one Indigenous man on a makeshift raft with a chair and box floating on water. Trees and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, raft, mountains
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.118
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman in parka seated in boat; man at back steering outboard motor] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Diomede Island or King Island]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Man, Steering, Outboard, Motor, Boat, Transportation, Watercraft, Passengers, Diomede Island, King Island
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.192
[Indigenous Alaskan man scraping frost from truck windshield; puppy in foreground] [At AFN 2024, identified as Steve Luke in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Winter, Snow, Frost, Scraping, Scrape, Windshield, Frozen, Truck, Transportation, Puppy, Dog
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.125
[Indigenous Alaskan mother and two children posed outside of house] [At AFN 2024, family identified as Ahmasuk in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Mother, Woman, Children, Child, Girl, Daughter, Son, Boy, Outside, House, Home, Residence, Building, Nome, Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.174
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman in navy swimsuit and holding a book standing on pilings at waterfront] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome getty, person possibly Sally Ailak or Alamauk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Girl, Swimsuit, Swimming, Swim, Book, Paperback, Pilings, Dock, Waterfront, Recreation, Nome, Getty, Sally Ailak, Alamauk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.225
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in dress standing outside house; person in shorts leaning over by house doorway. Woman likely Elva "Willie" Amidon] [At AFN 2024, identified as possibly Rebecca Iyatungak Jones]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Dress, Lipstick, Makeup, Purse, House, Home, Building, Person, Shorts, Clothing, Door, Doorway, Residence, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon, Rebecca Iyatungak Jones
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.115
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings and bystanders nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.157
[Two images superimposed; one image of woman on phone; second image of two people reading on bunk beds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, Phone, Telephone, Conversation, Communication, Reading, Magazine, Book, Glasses, Bed, Bunk bed
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.228
[Indigenous Alaskan baby standing next to outboard motor on beach; overturned boat nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Baby, Infant, Standing, Motor, Outboard, Outboard motor, Beach, Shore, Waterfront, Boat, Watercraft, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.224
[Obscured image of person outside; building nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Outside, Building, Window, House, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B2022.005.251
one Indigenous man in western dress and one Indigenous woman in parka and boots standing in front of a parked truck with snow and ice on the ground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, automobile
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.261
[one Indigenous woman with three children sitting on rocks]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, woman, children, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.197
[Three Indigenous Alaskans outside next to building midwinter, oil drum nearby; woman standing doorway in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Group, Man, Women, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Oil drum, Fuel, Houses, Homes, Residences
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.2
Karen Christensen, Ca[r?]pendale girls at Goodwin Gulch 1921. [Inupiaq territory. Group of four girls, two with twisted braid hair buns; tundra landscape background. Karen Christensen daughter of Hans J. Christensen. Hans J. Christensen family photograph album online at Alaska's Digital Archives.]
Keywords: Inupiaq, Territory, Goodwin Gulch, Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Young women, Children, Hairstyles, Braids, Tundra, Landscape, Karen Christensen, Carpendale, Capendale, Sisters
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
B2022.005.208
[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
B2022.005.200
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman standing on boardwalk outside Polaris Bar building. Sitnasuaq (Nome), Inupiaq Territory] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Polaris Hotel in Nome at the corner of Front Street and Bering Street]
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, Nome, Polaris Hotel, Hotels, Front Street, Bering Street
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
B2022.005.231
[Young Indigenous Alaskan pair standing on boardwalk; building in background. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon on left.] [At AFN 2024, person on left identified as possibly Hannah Ahmasuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Pair, Young woman, Young man, Skirt, Saddle shoes, Fashion, Clothing, Pomdadour, Hairstyle, Boardwalk, Fence, Building, House, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon, Hannah Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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