Totem at Pioneer Home

Colour slides collected and donated by A. de Menil. Slide jacket's contain numbers and some descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. all slides read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. The original intent for the Totem at Sitka Pioneer Home was to comm...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schallerer's Photo Shop
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Tlingit > - Alaska > SNHP > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Tlingit > - Sitka > Alaska > SNHP > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Ketchikan
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3257/totem-pioneer-home
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Summary:Colour slides collected and donated by A. de Menil. Slide jacket's contain numbers and some descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. all slides read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. The original intent for the Totem at Sitka Pioneer Home was to commemorate the peace treaty that Alexander Andreyevich Baranov helped broker in 1805 after the battle between the Russians and the Tlingit. The pole was commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service 135 years after a pivotal battle. The pole was made at the request of local Tlingit leaders of Sitka's Kiksadi clan as a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The pole was carved in Wrangell much to the disappointment of the Sitka tribes since Wrangell and the Sitka tribes had a long history of conflict.

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