Tlingit Chief Shakes' canoe and house, Wrangell, Alaska, 1916.

Canoe in water with people and American flag; smaller canoe is beside it. House and totem poles are in the background, 1916. Caption on image: Chief Shake's house, totems and war canoe, Wrangell, Alaska Note from Garfield Volume: The Wrangell Sentinell, May 31, 1940 states "Chief Shakes, 5...

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Shakes
Chief Charles Jones
Shakes family > Homes & haunts
Canoes > Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Wrangell
Totem poles > Alaska > Wrangell
tlingit
Alaska
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Summary:Canoe in water with people and American flag; smaller canoe is beside it. House and totem poles are in the background, 1916. Caption on image: Chief Shake's house, totems and war canoe, Wrangell, Alaska Note from Garfield Volume: The Wrangell Sentinell, May 31, 1940 states "Chief Shakes, 5th from bow; taken shortly before his death in 1916. Rev. S. Hall Young, 3rd from bow; he established Presbyterian mission in Wrangell, 1878. This photo found among Shake's possessions. In Garfield Volume 10, leaf 5

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