Snow tunnel entrance to Kingikmiut Eskimo kozga, or ceremonial clubhouse, Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906

Handwritten in album: Snow tunneled entrance to kozga or club house of the tribe of Kingetmeets, named for the mountain at Cape Prince of Wales which natives call "Kingegan," a high place. PH Coll 49.19 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to te...

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Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Eskimos > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Alaska Natives > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Tunnels > Alaska > Kingegan; Eskimo architecture > Alaska > Kingegan; Kingegan (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc.
Cape Prince of Wales
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2161
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Summary:Handwritten in album: Snow tunneled entrance to kozga or club house of the tribe of Kingetmeets, named for the mountain at Cape Prince of Wales which natives call "Kingegan," a high place. PH Coll 49.19 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.

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