Raven helmet of K'alyaan in the Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, circa 1906

• Main Author: Shaw, William T. (William Thomas), b. 1873
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Helmets; Tlingit Indians > Clothing & dress > Alaska; Tlingit Indians > Arts & crafts > Alaska; Ceremonial objects; Indian; The Beak; The Helmet; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/887

Carved war bonnet worn by K'alyaan (Katlean, Katlian), battle leader of the Kiks.adi clan of the Tlingit Indians. The Kiks.adi Tlingit, along with members of other clans at Sitka, defended their homeland against Russian colonization in a battle at Indian River in October of 1804. The helmet was...