Village of Akutan on Akutan Island, approximately 1912

Caption on image: Native village, Bering Sea, Alaska. 1. White Man's Store; 2. Russian Church; 3. Chief's house; 4. Earthen Huts. PH Coll 247.502 The building identified as "1. White Man's Store" was a store owned by the McGlashan family. The church was built in 1878 and rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1912
Subjects:
Villages > Native Village of Akutan
Bering Sea Coast (Alaska)
Mountains > Native Village of Akutan
Indigenous peoples > Native Village of Akutan
Vernacular architecture > Native Village of Akutan
Aleuts > Homes and haunts
Bering Sea
Pacific
aleut
Unangan
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/235
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Summary:Caption on image: Native village, Bering Sea, Alaska. 1. White Man's Store; 2. Russian Church; 3. Chief's house; 4. Earthen Huts. PH Coll 247.502 The building identified as "1. White Man's Store" was a store owned by the McGlashan family. The church was built in 1878 and replaced in 1918. Akutan is an Unangan (or Aleut) village. It is located on the Island of Akutan in the eastern Aleutian islands between the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean.

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