Tal Tan Billy, Alaska, ca. 1898 - 1920

• Main Author: J.E.W.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Tal Tan Billy; Tahltan Indian > British Columbia; Ceremonial dancers > British Columbia; Tahltan Indians > Clothing & dress; Tahltan Indians > Arts & crafts; Men > British Columbia; Blankets; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; Stikine; Stikine River; Tahltan; tlingit; Alaska
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The man in this photograph wears a woven Chilkat blanket and a wooden headdress carved with the image of a bear. His name, written on the photograph as Tal Tan Billy, implies that he was connected with the Athabaskan Tahltan people who lived inland from the British Columbia coast, along the Stikine...