Tlingit Tribe members stand before the Bear Clan Totem on October 20, 2003

Tlingit Tribe members Daniel Brown, left, Mark Jacobs and Walter Johns stand before a Bear Clan Totem, known for more then 80 years at UNC as "Totem Teddy." Members of the Tlingit Nation of Angoon, Alaska, celebrated the return of the Bear Clan Totem, once known as "Totem Teddy"...

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Main Author: Moloney, Kevin
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Published: Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC 2003
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Online Access:https://digscholarship.unco.edu/totem_teddy/20
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Summary:Tlingit Tribe members Daniel Brown, left, Mark Jacobs and Walter Johns stand before a Bear Clan Totem, known for more then 80 years at UNC as "Totem Teddy." Members of the Tlingit Nation of Angoon, Alaska, celebrated the return of the Bear Clan Totem, once known as "Totem Teddy" on the University of Northern Colorado campus, and a bear clan headdress returned by the Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College, Monday, Oct. 20, 2003. The Bear Clan Totem disappeared from Angoon in 1908 and reappeared in 1914 as a gift to UNC from U.S. Commissioner of Education for Alaska Andrew Thompson, an 1897 UNC alumnus. https://digscholarship.unco.edu/totem_teddy/1019/thumbnail.jpg