Alaska Native people and activities, circa 1940s

Alaska photographer Howard C. Robinson presented these scenes of Alaska Native peoples engaging in a variety of activities including embarking on a seal hunt, jigging for tomcod, working on a kayak, using a bow drill, participating in a blanket toss, putting on masks, dancing, and drumming. Includes footage of a fish wheel and fish drying. (Color/Silent/16mm film).

This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-11895 -- AAF-11896 from the Michael Wilson - Florence and Charles Van Clark collection, held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. See also the Howard C. Robinson collection. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.

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