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B2016.004.30.1
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing puffin beak mittens. At AFN 2017, dancer identified as Earl Mayac of King Island]
Keywords: Alaska, Wainwright, Dancer, Mittens, Dance mittens, Alaska Federation of Natives, AFN, Earl Mayac, King Island, Fran Durner
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.12
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.2.48
1975 Fur Rondy [George Attla with sled, World Championship Sled Dog Races]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.029.1819
Natives, Kotz [woman and young man with seal oil lamp; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1747.10
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male drummer preparing for show, ice floes on painted backdrop in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.4
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [three people on stage set with barabara, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.002.728
[Tlingit dancers, men and women dancing, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.002.732
[Tlingit dancers and singer at rest, audience in bleachers in background, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2022.005.141
[Group of Indigenous Alaska Elders in parkas standing outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Man, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Boots, Coats, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.179
[Newborn laying on floral couch]
Keywords: Newborn, Baby, Infant, Laying, Lay, Couch, Floral, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.18
[Indigenous Alaskan mother holding child's hand and operating manual washing machine; outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Toddler, Family, Holding hands, Operating, Manual, Manually, Washing machine, Washer, Barrel, Laundry, Clothing, Wash, Winter, Snow, Home, House, Building, Doorway, Door, Entrance
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
B2022.005.209
[Three Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing outside midwinter; houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Elder, Women, Men, Parka, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.029.2940
Gei Sun Dancers, Haines [Tlingit dancers, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2941
[Gei Sun Dancers, man in regalia including tunic and headdress standing at microphone, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2948
[group portrait of Gei Sun Dancers, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2014.002.730
[Tlingit dancers, women dancers, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2016.006.1835
Nome [three Alaska Native children standing in road, one holding fish, one playing with bicycle wheel; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.1842
[carvers working inside building, possibly King Island Chief Aulaġana (John Olarana) at left; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.029.1821
Nome dancers [King Island Eskimo Dancers performing on stage, four young girls wearing print parkas and headscarves; print date Nov 67]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1746.1
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.002.726
[Tlingit dancers, man and two women wearing robes and headdresses, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2017.029.1842
[four Alaska Native women standing in doorway of building; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.1843
[young boy sitting on swing outdoors in winter, holding toy, buildings in background; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.026.64
{three men looking at a deck that is being built}
Keywords: construction
Collection: B2015.026
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
B1998.014.1.601
E32 Eskimo's "garage," Kotzebue, Alaska [copy neg - flipped and cropped version of .597]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1746.2
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.3
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1998.014.1.604
E34 An Eskimo hunter's home, Kotzebue, Alaska. "Sept 4, 1952; Drying wolf & muskrat skins; postcard." [same as .603, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2209.3
#3. Hockey team, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [portrait of Anchorage Aces team in uniforms, striped leggings and sweaters with pair of aces logo, posed on ice at outdoor rink, Anchorage]
Keywords: winter sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2209.4
#4. Hockey team, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [portrait of Anchorage Aces team in uniforms, striped leggings and sweaters with pair of aces logo, posed on ice at outdoor rink, Anchorage]
Keywords: winter sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.12
E-29-C (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group seated on ground outdoors with two drummers and two dancers, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2017.024.1058
Jan71P7 #16043 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, white gloves dances]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.250
[an Indigenous woman in western clothes standing on planks in front of an open door to an arctic entry of a house]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
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
B1989.016.2210.16
E-33 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group seated on ground outdoors with two drummers and two dancers, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1928.2
(Fur Rondy 1952, blanket toss) [blanket toss in middle of Fourth Avenue, with spectators lining street in front of federal building, Smart Shop, The Gitchell Hotel, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.252
[one white man in military uniform standing in from of a building with a sign that reads: "Headquarters, Alaska Command"]
Keywords: Alaska, military
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.253
[one white woman and one white man in military dress with bags standing next to two people with a bus in the background and lettering that reads: "Air Force"]
Keywords: Alaska, United States Air Force, military
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1927.2
(Trudy Fritz, Fur Rondy Lions Queen, 1952) [studio portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection