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B2016.004.30.12
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.30.13
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [large group of dancers with drummers]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.029.1835
[two women dancing while seated, drummers in background; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.1841
[drummers seated indoors, man at right holding camera; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1747.5
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage, drummers' shirts read "Nome, Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.8
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage, drummers' shirts read "Nome, Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.002.736
[Tlingit dancers, singer, and drummer, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.002.741
[Tlingit dancers, singer, and drummer, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2022.005.145
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; People dancing, seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.182
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.183
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.211
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.029.2962
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2963
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2964
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2014.002.738
[Tlingit female dancers, singer and drummer in background, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2016.006.1868
[two women dancing indoors, other women and male drummers seated behind, Barrow; print date Aug 79]
Keywords: dance
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.1869
[young boy dancing indoors, women and male drummers seated behind, Barrow; print date Aug 79]
Keywords: dance
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.029.1836a
[man and children sitting, one child drinking can of Crush soda pop; drummers in background; print date Mar 79]
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
B2014.002.1505
JH1265. Arctic Alaska. Eskimo harmony, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide [male drummers seated on beach. Cf. .1502]
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.002.731
[Tlingit dancers, singer and drummer at rest, audience in bleachers in background, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2017.029.1857
[man and children sitting next to drummers, children with cans of Crush soda pop; print date Mar 79. Cf. .1836a]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.1858
[man and children sitting next to drummers, children with cans of Crush soda pop; print date Mar 79. Cf. .1836a]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.026.733
6-3. Eskimo dance band. Native Alaska Set No. 6. Arctic Circle Enterprises, Anchorage [male drummers seated in hall]
Collection: B2015.026
B2017.024.1061
Jan71P7 #16046 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered headdress, plaid shirt, gloves dances in front of men, women, drummers; artwork in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B1985.027.1414
Originally in B4 F99. Wien Destinations. Kotzebue. [Native drummers and passengers boarding airplane]. 8 x 10 negative. Severe vinegar syndrome, cracking.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1998.014.1.605
"E35 Kotzebue, Eskimos dancing 'Arctic Hep Cats,' Feb 1948 postcard" [men and women dancing, mukluks, parkas, drummers in foreground, obeservers in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1747.2
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.3
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1045
Jan71P7 #16030 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with rose-pattern fabric and gloves dances in front of drummers, singers, men, who are also wearing parkas, fur trim]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.608
"E36 Kotzebue, Dancing girls at Paul's Place, Feb 1948 postcard" [Two girls wearing fabric parkas, fur ruff, mukluks, drummers in foreground, spectators in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.004.41
Kotzebue dance. Photo by Brickley Photocraft [two women wearing fur-trimmed print parkas dancing in hall, drummers in foreground, men seated against wall in background]
Keywords: dancing
Collection: B2015.004
B1989.016.2210.10
E-29 (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
B1989.016.2210.11
E-29B (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
B1989.016.2210.16
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
B2017.024.1060
Jan71P7 #16045 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern dances in front of men, women, drummers, singers; artwork on display in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1063
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [two Inupiat men dance: one wearing red fur-trimmed parka; one wearing walrus tusk design parka; drummers, singers in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.254
[one Indigenous woman and one Indigenous man dancing on a platform in front of a crowd with at least two drummers in the background and a white man in hat and coat to the left. Similar to .255, .256, .257]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, dancers, drums, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.255
[one Indigenous woman and one Indigenous man dancing on a platform in front of a crowd with at least two drummers in the background and a white man in hat and coat to the left. Similar to .254, .256, .257]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, dancers, drums
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B1989.016.2210.2
E-21 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group seated on ground outdoors watching two drummers and two dancers, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1929.4
(Fur Rondy 1950) [crowd of spectators watching drummers and dancers performing, baseball field on C Street in Anchorage, advertising signs and houses behind park, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.256
[one Indigenous woman and one Indigenous man dancing on a platform in front of a crowd with at least two drummers in the background. Two children and a white man in hat and coat to the left. Similar to .254, .255, .257]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, dancers, drums
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.257
[one Indigenous woman and one Indigenous man dancing on a platform in front of a crowd with at least two drummers in the background. Three children and a white man in hat and coat to the left. Similar to .254, .255, .256]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, dancers, drums
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1929.2
(Fur Rondy 1950) [crowd of spectators watching drummers and dancers preparing to perform, baseball field on C Street in Anchorage, advertising signs and houses behind park, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection