Hlan Gwan
(Klink Wan)
(Klink Wan)
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| 1897 |
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| Haida totem pole of bear, 1904 |
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| Haida village, Klinkwan, September 6, 1910. |
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| Haida village, Klinkwan, September 6, 1910. |
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| Haida totem poles and houses, Klinkwan, Alaska, ca. 1900-1909. |
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| Beaver mortuary pole, 1918 |
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Hlan Gwan (Klink Wan)
Guskun (Kasaan)
Guskun
(Kasaan)
Skowl Bay
(Kasaan)
Skowl Bay
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| Buildings and totem poles as seen from the beach, 1885 |
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| Kaigani Village of Kasa-an, as seen from the east, 1885 |
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| Kasa-an grave markers and totem poles, as seen from the beach, 1885 |
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| Kasa-an totem poles and house, 1885 |
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| Kaigani Village of Kasa-an, as seen from the water, 1885 |
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| People standing on beach with Haida totem poles and dwellings in background, Kasaan, ca. 1899 |
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| 1899 |
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| 1899 |
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| 1899 |
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| 1899 |
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| Haida home of chief named Sanhyte, at mouth of Karta stream, 1904. |
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| Haida wood carving of whale grave totem, 1910. |
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| Haida totem poles and houses, Kasaan, 1913 |
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| Haida man and boys stand inside Chief Sanhyte house, 1914. |
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| Haida Chief Sonihat's totem pole relocated in Los Angeles, California |
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| Haida Chief Sonihat's house frame, Kasaan, 1938. |
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| Haida structure made with totem poles, Kasaan, 1915. |
G̱awk’an (Howkan)
Gawk’an
(Howkan)
Long Island
(Howkan)
Long Island
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| Haida boys near totem poles, canoes and houses, 1897 |
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| grave totems, 1897 |
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| Haida village with totem poles and canoes, 1888 |
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| Haida totem poles, 1904 |
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| Haida totem poles in front of houses, 1906 |
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| Haida wooden eagle and human figures, Howkan village, Long Island, ca. 1925. |
Hydaburg
Hydaburg
Hik Taw Hundlaay, Haida Gwaii
Hik Taw Hundlaay, Haida Gwaii
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| Haida children pose in canoe in front of house |
Established by the Haida people in 1911, Hydaburg has basically remained a Native community. The economy there was based in fishing and timber.
Old Kasaan
Old Kasaan, or "beautiful town", was situated on Skowl Arm, Prince of Wales Island. Chief Skowl was a firm defender of Native customs against Russian Orthodox missionaries during Russian rule. At the end of the nineteenth century, Kasaan had seventeen lodges and sixty of the finest poles in Alaska, and was a favourite stop for summer tourists during the Gay '90s. It was set aside as a U.S. National Monument in 1907, and so proclaimed in 1916. Deserted and neglected, in 1954 the U.S. Government abolished its status as a National Monument and left the old site to the encroaching forest. (see http://www.civilization.ca for more info.)
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| Haida totem poles and lodges at the village of old Kasaan, ca. 1897. |
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| Haida totem poles at Old Kasaan village site, ca. 1925 |
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