Athapascan canoes & fish racks on beach near Russian mission, Kotlik, Alaska, 1895

Upside-down canoes and fish drying on racks on beach. Behind the racks can be seen houses & buildings. In background is a church & other buildings, as well as a hillside cemetery. Caption on image: 27 Copyright 1895 by Veazie Wilson Copy print from Esther Lyons' Glimpses of Alaska, p. 8...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, V. (Veazie), d. 1895?
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Athapascan Indians > Subsistence activities
Athapascan Indians > Structures
Fish drying > Alaska > Kotlik
Missions > Alaska > Kotlik
Fishing > Alaska > Kotlik
Canoes > Alaska > Kotlik
Kotlik (Alaska)
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Esther
Yukon
Yukon river
Alaska
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROT=/loc&CISOPTR=1665
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Summary:Upside-down canoes and fish drying on racks on beach. Behind the racks can be seen houses & buildings. In background is a church & other buildings, as well as a hillside cemetery. Caption on image: 27 Copyright 1895 by Veazie Wilson Copy print from Esther Lyons' Glimpses of Alaska, p. 81. Also PH Coll 311.5 Note from Esther Lyons' Glimpses of Alaska, p.81: "Russian mission, lower Yukon" Note from unidentified source: Russian mission at Kutlik [Kotlik], on the lower Yukon; native canoes and fish drying racks on shore.

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