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Building of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Hall
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Events and Gatherings
Second Street Showing Newly Built War Homes
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
After the fire of 1944 the U.S. Government heard of the devasting loss of homes and donated homes en route to Guam intended for war relief. Eighty homes were built and are known as "War Homes."
David Williams Standing in the ANB Hall Under Construction
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Events and Gatherings
ANB Hall Under Construction
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Events and Gatherings
Spruce Root Dolls by Annie Lawrence
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Annie was a master Spruce Root and Chilkat weaver. Annie wove spruce root baskets and dolls.
Ernestine Hanlon on the Cover of the Daily Sentinel Monday, October 26, 1998.
7 pages
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Ernestine Hanlon-Abel on the Cover of the Daily Sentinel Monday, October 26, 1998. This particular publication is a signed copy by then Governor Tony Knowles.
Master Weaver Annie Lawrence Working on Spruce Root Basketry
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Annie wove her entire life and was an expert in spruce root and Chilkat weaving.
Men Working on Building the ANB Hall
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Events and Gatherings
Virginia Bevans Hoar
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Article "Indigenous Weavers: For Ourselves and Our People"
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
In 1993 Chilkat weavers gathered in Hoonah to share knowledge and make an Indigenous Weavers Statement and published it in Raven's Bones Journal - November 1995
Bill Wilson Sr. and Elsie Wilson
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
Bill J. Wilson, Sr. was a fisherman, hunter, gatherer, trapper, boxer and a renowned jewelry maker.
Men Pulling Net with the Vagabond Queen in the Background
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing