400 results for: Indigenous Peoples
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Pilchuck Julia, Snohomish, 1915
The Snohomish (written Sduhubš in their language) are a Coast Salish people who have lived along the Snohomish River since time immemorial. Their largest village was Hibulb, near the mouth of the river in what is now Everett. Like their other Coast Salish neighbors, the Snohomish used dugout canoes to travel along rivers and around Puget Sound. Salmon fishing was…
ID Number:SHS12888
Date:1915
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Chief Chits-A-Man-Han and his wife, circa 1884
The S’Klallam (also spelled Klallam) are a Coast Salish people whose historic lands stretch across the northern Olympic Peninsula from the current location of Port Townsend to the Hoko River, near Makah lands. They also lived on Whidbey Island and on the south shore of Vancouver Island. The S’Klallam lived in permanent longhouses during the winter, but in other seasons…
ID Number:SHS13489
Date:Circa 1884
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Tlingit man and woman in full potlatch costumes, Alaska, 1906
The Tlingit people have lived on the coast and islands of what is now southeastern Alaska since time immemorial. Tlingit society is organized into clans, which follow maternal descent. Fishing, gathering, and hunting were central to historic Tlingit lifeways – they used salmon, shellfish, seals, berries, deer, and other food sources. They used every part for different purposes, not wasting…
ID Number:SHS14102
Date:1906
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Chief Anotklosh of the Taku, Alaska, circa 1913
The Tlingit people have lived on the coast and islands of what is now southeastern Alaska since time immemorial. Tlingit society is organized into clans, which follow maternal descent. Fishing, gathering, and hunting were central to historic Tlingit lifeways – they used salmon, shellfish, seals, berries, deer, and other food sources. They used every part for different purposes, not wasting…
ID Number:SHS14163
Date:Circa 1913
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Tal Tan Billy, Alaska, circa 1898 - 1920
The Tlingit are a group of Indigenous peoples whose traditional home is on the coast of southeastern Alaska. The Tlingit, as well as neighboring groups, weave elaborate ceremonial blankets with abstracted images of animals. The blankets are called Chilkat blankets after one of the Tlingit tribes, and are traditionally worn during important events.The man in this photograph wears a woven…
ID Number:SHS14164
Date:Circa 1909
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Tlingit boy wearing a woven hat, Sitka, circa 1915
The Tlingit people have lived on the coast and islands of what is now southeastern Alaska since time immemorial. Tlingit society is organized into clans, which follow maternal descent. Fishing, gathering, and hunting were central to historic Tlingit lifeways. They used salmon, shellfish, seals, berries, deer, and other food sources, making sure to use every part for different purposes, not…
ID Number:SHS14167
Date:Circa 1915
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Native Alaskan woman working on a canoe by a river, circa 1909
Canoes need upkeep and repair in order to stay watertight. In this photo, an Native Alaskan woman works on the edge of her flat-bottomed craft by the side of a river. Two other canoes rest nearby on the beach. The wooden poles are probably used for drying fish. The location of the photograph is unknown, but it was most likely…
ID Number:SHS14168
Date:Circa 1909
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Cayuse twin babies in cradleboards, October 2, 1898
The Cayuse people historically lived in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, where they fish from rivers that flow into the Columbia. They were in an advantageous position between the coast and the Great Plains, allowing them to trade between both. The Cayuse owned horses in large numbers, which led to their expansion and brought them into…
ID Number:SHS17303
Date:1898
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Steilacoom John and Annie, circa 1905
The Steilacoom are a Coast Salish people whose historic lands are near the current town of Steilacoom, southwest of Tacoma. The Steilacoom consisted of five bands: Steilacoom, Sastuck, Spanaway, Tilhlow, and Segwallitchew. Unlike many of their neighbors the Steilacoom did not live near a glacier-fed river, but on land featuring a group of lakes and creeks. The Steilacoom were affected…
ID Number:SHS19058
Date:Circa 1905
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Quileute Indians in a western Washington hop field, 1904
The Quileute are an Indigenous people whose historic lands are on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, in the valleys of the Quillayute and Hoh Rivers. The Quileute are not related to either the Makah to the north or the Coast Salish peoples of western Washington and the Quileute language is unrelated to any other in the world. Quileute…
ID Number:SHS19061
Date:1904