Native dwellings on the beach at Nome, circa 1898

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Eskimos > Structures > Alaska > Nome; Tents > Alaska > Nome; Beaches > Alaska > Nome; Nome (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc.; Eskimo architecture > Alaska > Nome; Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
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PH Coll 1154.17 Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the area around Nome before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries also worked the area coastline. A few ch...