Tlingit town known as Sha-Kan, Alaska, ca. 1904

View from the water of Sha-Kan (Shakan Bay) Alaska, ca. 1898-1910. Houses, a church and other buildings on waterfront. Caption on image: Native town. Sha-Kan, Alaska. W.H. Case. 161-N Notes from unidentified sources: Former summer village site of the Henya tribe of Tlingit that grew up around sawmil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Case, W. H. (William Howard), 1868-1920
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Waterfronts > Alaska > Shakan Bay
Tlingit Indians > Structures
Shakan Bay (Alaska)
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1230
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1230
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Summary:View from the water of Sha-Kan (Shakan Bay) Alaska, ca. 1898-1910. Houses, a church and other buildings on waterfront. Caption on image: Native town. Sha-Kan, Alaska. W.H. Case. 161-N Notes from unidentified sources: Former summer village site of the Henya tribe of Tlingit that grew up around sawmill established in 1879; perhaps named after the Tlingit Chief Shakes PH Coll 300.29a

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