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B1989.016.Elder.1
[Elder Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2022.005.7
[Indigenous woman in reindeer fur parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Reindeer
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.127
[Four young adults in uniform (likely Civil Air Patrol of USAF) seated in car parked outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young adults, Adults, Men, Woman, Uniform, USAF, U.S.A.F., Air Force, Clothing, Seated, Car, Parked, Outside, Buildings, House, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.30
[Indigenous man standing on doorstep and wearing fur parka with geometric trim and fur mukluks]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Doorway, Doorframe, Door, Building, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.13
[Five Indigenous children seated on sandy ground; mountain range background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Outdoors, Mountain, Range, Landscape
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
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
B2022.005.136
[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
B2022.005.201
[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
B2001.036.1348
"Waiting in Clinic" Quinhagak 10-82 [children, women, elder, rabies poster on wall]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2022.005.265
[two Indigenous women possibly processing an animal on the ground] [At AFN 2024, woman on left identified as Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Processing, Ahmasuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.29
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman posed outdoors midwinter.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dress, Parka-like dress, Western clothing, Clothing, Suit
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.87
[Two Indigenous women outdoors midwinter; woman on right in fur parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Women, Fur parka, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Gloves
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
B2022.005.130
[Indigenous Alaskan boy standing outside house midwinter; snow shovel nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Shovel, Snow shovel
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
B2022.005.117
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan women standing around large piece of blubber (walrus?), midwinter. Building in background] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Wales, people identified L-R: Ethel Sereadlook, Evelyn Oxereok (Oxerok) or Lena Sereadlook, ?, Martha Ariunazuk, Ida Oxereok (Oxerok)]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Woman, Elder, Group, Marine mammal, Blubber, Skin, Harvest, Seal, Winter, Snow, Outside, Landscape, Building, House, Structure, Box, Oil drum, Fence, Parka, Boots, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Wales, Ethel Sereadlook, Evelyn Oxereok, Evelyn Oxerok, Lena Sereadlook, ?, Martha Ariunazuk, Ida Oxereok, Ida Oxerok, Walrus
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
B2022.005.188
[Indigenous Alaskan child in fur parka looking at snow; man seated on small platform in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young boy, Child, Boy, Parka, Fur parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Snow, Winter, Man, Seated, Sitting, Platform, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.84
[Three people in parkas seated on sled being pulled by four dogs]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Child, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Sled, Dogs, Huskies, Team, Transportation, Winter, Snow
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
B2022.005.111
[Indigenous Alaskan man with glasses carrying toddler on shoulders; outside midwinter; child wearing fur parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Glasses, Coat, Boots, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Toddler, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Landscape, Road
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
B2022.005.54
[Indigenous woman in fur parka on landscape]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Woman, Fur parka, Outerwear, Clothing, Landscape
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
B2022.005.135
[Two young men in Civil Air Patrol (CAP, civilian auxiliary of US Air Force) uniforms standing in parking lot] [At AFN 2024, person on left identified Sig (Siq?) Larsen and person on right possibly Jerry (Jerome) Trigg in either Anchorage or Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Men, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., Uniform, Clothing, Parking lot, Cars, Transportation, USAF, U.S.A.F., US, Air Force, Sig Larsen, Siq Larsen, Anchorage, Nome, Jerry Trigg, Jerome Trigg
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
B2022.005.196
[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
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
B2022.005.114
[Young couple in uniform (likely Civil Air Patrol of USAF) cuddling on bus]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Couple, Man, Young man, Woman, Young woman, Uniform, Clothing, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., Air Force, U.S., USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.178
[Man with newborn posed crouching next to wood stove]
Keywords: Man, Newborn, Baby, Infant, Crouched, Crouching, Wood stove, Fire stove, Stove, Heat, Heating, Room, Interior
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.198
[Indigenous Alaskan family outside home midwinter; dogsled in background] [At AFN 2024, unspecified person identified as Emma Willoya]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandparents, Adults, Parents, Man, Woman, Child, House, Home, Building, Winter, Snow, Sled, Dogsled, Dog, Husky, Transportation, Emma Willoya
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
B2022.005.202
[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
B2021.010.089
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
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