Kingikmiut Eskimo village of Kingegan, showing cache, houses and drying racks, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906

Handwritten in album: Looking over frozen Bering Sea PH Coll 49.12 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school in 1890...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Villages > Alaska; Eskimos > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Alaska Natives > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Dwellings > Alaska > Kingegan; Caches > Alaska > Kingegan; Racks (Supporting devices); Food drying > Alaska > Kingegan; Eskimo architecture > Alaska > Kingegan; Earth sheltered houses > Alaska > Kingegan; Kingegan (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc.; Bering Sea
Bering Sea
Cape Prince of Wales
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2140
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Summary:Handwritten in album: Looking over frozen Bering Sea PH Coll 49.12 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school in 1890. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan. This photograph depicts the houses, drying racks and cache poles of the Eskimos.

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