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This mask is carved from yellow cedar and represents a bear with octopus tentacles connected to land otter faces.

The Hoonah people have made numerous requests to the Russian Orthodox leadership asking that a church be built in Hoonah. In their frustration they ask their priest Alexander if he could write a letter to those in charge of building churches.

Requests from the Hoonah people to Priest Alexander to ask for a church and bell to be placed in Hoonah. The priest passes these requests on in a letter to the Russian Church hierarchy.

Photographs and original narratives taken and written after the fire.

Filmed circa 1950s by Robert Pendley who was a mechanic at Icy Straits Salmon Packing Company for fifteen seasons.

In a 2005 interview, Karl Greenwald, Sr recounts the Hoonah fire of 1944, interviewed by Frank O. Williams, Jr.

In 2005 Winnie Smith was interviewed on her memories of the Hoonah fire of June 14, 1944. She also shares some general Hoonah history. Interviewed by Frank O. Williams, Jr.

Hoonah High School students hold a culture camp in Glacier Bay at the Xunaa Shuká Hít.