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B1989.016.Elder.1
[Elder Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2022.005.76
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man ice fishing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Fishing, Ice fishing, Fisher, Pole, Fishing pole, Rod, Parka, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Ice
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.133
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan Elders standing outside home midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa, Grandfather, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.37
[Indigenous Elder and young man standing near building exterior]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Elder, Young man, Outside, Structure, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.136
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man standing on doorstep midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Residence, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Doorstep, Hat, Fur hate, Mukluks, Jacket, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.131
[Indigenous Alaskan family standing outside home midwinter; three Elders and toddler] [At AFN 2024, man identified as Harold Ahmasuk and Elder with cane identified as Helen Senungetuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa, Grandfather, Man, Woman, Child, Boy, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, Shovel, Snow shovel, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Harold Ahmasuk, Helen Senungetuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.157.001
51-4 Native man at Saxman [elder stands near structures, likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2000.014.330
(330)(Three elder of the preceeding group children of Matthew Tanana Oct 15, 1914)
Keywords: children
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2022.005.142
[Blurry image of Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing on boardwalk outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Business
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
B2001.036.1348
"Waiting in Clinic" Quinhagak 10-82 [children, women, elder, rabies poster on wall]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2022.005.31
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman standing outside midwinter; animal hides on wooden rail at left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Mukluks, Animal, Hides, Skin, Fur, Pelt, Drying, Rail
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.35
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman wearing parka-style dress standing outside; structures in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Dress, Parka-style dress, Clothing, Outerwear, Structures, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.93
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man wearing parka and mukluks outside building near doorway; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Parka, Mukluks, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Building, Structure, Door, Doorway, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.157.002
51-4 Native man at Saxman [elder holding stick or cane stands near structures, likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.137
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women with child in fur parka standing outside house midwinter; buildings in background] [At AFN 2024, Elder on right identified as Flora Miller, originally from Shishmaref, but married into NANA region and moved to Teller]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Women, Grandma, Grandmother, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, House, Home, Building, Structure, Residence, Buildings, Community, Flora Miller
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1996.009.07full
Even the boys dance while their elders accompany them with drums & songs, telling of previous wonderfully successful whale hunts.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2016.004.984
Native Alaskans, Bethel, AK [elder holding toddler, sitting outside house; print date Sep 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.010.380
[woman posed with Alaska Native elder and young boy on wooden bench, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B2015.007.78
[Alaska Native elder woman and young boy, both wearing parkas with fur trim, seated next to wood-plank building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.97
[elder woman and young Alaska Native woman, both wearing cloth parkas with fur trim, posed outside log cabin]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.010.382
[Alaska Native elder sitting on wooden bench with young boy and young girl, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B2015.007.4
[group portrait of Alaska Native family, with elder woman, mother, and two children posed outdoors, elder wearing spotted reindeer fur parka, mother wearing squirrel fur parka with geometric trim, older child wearing fur parka, younger child wearing cloth parka]
Keywords: clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.123
[Four Indigenous Alaskan Elders wearing parkas, gloves, and mukluks outside midwinter] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Nome or Wales]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Group, Elders, Men, Women, Parka, Fur, Ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Gloves, Mukluks, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Nome, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.010.3104
[Alaska Native elder woman with cane on steps of Northern Commercial Company store, carton of Post Sugar Crisp cereal on porch, Fort Yukon]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.002.727
[Tlingit dancers, man drumming, elder woman singing, two women dancing, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B2022.005.194
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple seated on chairs in bedroom] [At AFN 2024, couple identified as possibly Willy (Willie) Senungetuk and Helen Senungetuk in likely Nome or Wales]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, Seated, Sitting, Chair, Bed, Bedroom, Room, Interior, Home, House, Willy Senungetuk, Willie Senungetuk, Helen Senungetuk, Nome, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.90
[Indigenous Elder woman outdoors] [AFN 2023, location identified as possibly Wales, Inupiaq Territory] [At AFN 2024, person identified as possibly Helen Senungetuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Elder, Woman, Wales, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Helen Senungetuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2000.017.19
[three elder women wearing print parkas and young girl sitting next to low tent, whalebones and umiaks in background, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
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
B2022.005.121
[Three Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas outside midwinter; buildings and powerlines in background] [At AFN 2024, location identified as possibly Nome or Wales, and man in hat identified as Harold Ahmasuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Women, Man, Parkas, Mukluks, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Gloves, Outside, Winter, Snow, Buildings, Houses, Community, Powerlines, Nome, Wales, Harold Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.60
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man seated on beach; buildings in background] [At AFN 2024, person identified as King Island Chief Olaranna (John Charles Olaranna?), Vince Kunnuk's grandfather]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Seated, Sitting, Beach, Shore, Waterfront, Buildings, Houses, King Island, Chiefs, Leaders, Olaranna, John Charles Olaranna, Vince Kunnuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.159
[Alaska Native elder woman and four young women posed outdoors, all wearing traditional clothing, woman at right wearing squirrel fur parka, wood-plank building and hill in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.141
[Group of Indigenous Alaska Elders in parkas standing outside building] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Front Street in Nome, person third from right in white kerchief identified as Helen Senungetuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Man, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Boots, Coats, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Structure, Nome, Front Street, Helen Senungetuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.52
[elder Alaska Native man and woman posed next to log cabin in winter, man wearing squirrel fur parka, woman wearing print parka with fur trim, icicles hanging from eaves]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.042a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [elder smoking a pipe sitting next to child in front of canvas wall tent; smoke, pans; trees; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.005.201
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple sitting on chair; woman holding potted plant] [At AFN 2024, couple identified as possibly Mr. (Willie) and Mrs. (Helen) Senungetuk or Mr. and Mrs. Ahmasuk, in Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, Mukluks, Footwear, Chair, Room, Interior, Building, House, Home, Plant, Potted plant, Telephone, Phone, Rotary phone, Nome, Willie Senungetuk, Helen Senungetuk, Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2018.023.042b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [versa of slide: elder smoking a pipe sitting next to child in front of canvas wall tent; smoke, pans; trees; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.005.120
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple standing on porch outside of home] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Wales and woman identified as Martha Anungazuk with either her husband Toby Anungazuk or her brother Roy Sereadlook (husband of Ethel Sereadlook]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, House, Home, Porch, Family, Wales, Martha Anungazuk, Toby Anungazuk, Roy Sereadlook
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.184
[Group of six Indigenous Alaskan Elders seated on steps leading to building entrance; midwinter] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome, Person on far left is Frieda Larsen and woman near center with sack is Katie]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Sitting, Seated, Steps, Building, Entrance, Door, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Nome, Frieda Larsen, Katie
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.203
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan Elders gathered outside building on steps; midwinter] [At AFN 2024, adults on left identified as Grace Tocktoo and her husband on the steps of Nome's Our Lutheran Church, which was built in the 1960s. Nagazyuk home on far left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Community, Relationships, Community, Building, Steps, Winter, Snow, Nome, Grace Tocktoo, Tocktoo, Our Lutheran Church, Churches, Nagazyuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.149
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to tent on tundra, elder woman wearing fur parka with walrus tusk gussets, elder man wearing Western style clothing and suspenders, young man wearing Western style clothing, young woman wearing kuspuk with fur trim, child wearing Western style clothing, can of Stanavo fuel on grass at left, laundry on clothesline at right, coffee cup on wooden box, boat on shoreline of water in background]
Keywords: transportation, camps, families, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.209
[Three Indigenous Alaskan Elders outdoors in parkas midwinter; houses in background] [AFN 2023, people identified (L to R) as Helen Senungetuk, Mr. Amosak (Ahmasuk), and Carrie Weyapuk; location identified as Kiŋigin (Wales), possibly 1950s]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Elder, Women, Men, Parka, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Helen Senungetuk, Amosak, Ahmasuk, Carrie Weyapuk, Kiŋigin, Kinigin, Wales
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2021.010.096
V. Burlingame [one Indigenous woman sitting on the floor of a house, possibly skin sewing. Western furniture to the right and in the background] [At AFN 2023, Elder identified as Maggie Kowchee] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Elders, Maggie Kowchee, Skin sewing, Furs, Skins
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B2019.003.035
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old [three boys and girl posed with elder sitting on bench in front of small log cabin. Cf. .20] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Children, Young woman, Log cabin, Small log cabin
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.007.14
[group posed outdoors next to building, with elder woman wearing fur parka and eyeglasses, two young women wearing squirrel fur parkas, and two young girls wearing cloth parkas, ladder against log building at left and another in background]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.157
[group portrait of Alaska Native family next to log cabin in winter, man and young woman wearing Western style clothing, elder woman wearing fur parka with walrus tusk gussets and eyeglasses, child at left with cleft lip. Cf. .29]
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.045a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman, elder sitting next to cooking fire, kettle, pot, skillet; holding bag in right hand; drying rack, canvas tents, woman, children in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2014.019.445
291. Nome. McCutcheon, Anchorage [Alaska Native elder woman wearing red parka, mittens, and mukluks seated near hole ice fishing, young Alaska Native girl wearing print parka seated on sled at right, tom cod piled on ice]
Keywords: clothing, fishing, transportation
Collection: B2014.019
