The Pribilof Report 1949. "Eskimo woman and her long outboard boat on the Bethel, Kuskokwim River beach. These craft are unusually long and are the standard craft for people of the area."
Wildlife refuges; Villages; Buildings, facilities and structures; History
The Pribilof Report 1949. Theater and roadhouse, Northern Commercial Company's Bethel Theater has movie poster posted on front of building "Beyond Glory," a 1948 movie. Bethel is the town where the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
History; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; YUDE; Work of the Service; ARLIS; Personnel; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. Wildlife Refuge sign outside the Mekyoruk Native Alaskan Store. Albert M. Day, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, pauses to look at it.
"The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskimo men plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. Only the simplest of hand tools are used for carving the walrus ivory...
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Kayaks on hillside at village on Nunivak. Seal skins are stretched over frames like the one in the foreground made from driftwood. "
Work of the Service; Personnel; Nunivak; Aircraft; aircraft; Grumman Goose; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Eskimos helping a party from FWS airplane to shore. This was the group investigating living condiditons among the Alaska Natives. Dr. Mark Dawber has just stepped ashore. Albert M. Day, Larry Stevens, L. T....
The Pribilof Report 1949. Dr. Mark Dawber and L. T. Oldroyd in the Native Alaskan cemetery at Bethel. The cemetery was being undermined by the Kuskokwim River and the caskets emptying their corpses into the stream just above the city water...
The Pribilof Report 1949. Bethel Eskimos (mom and her three children?) walking along the main street of Bethel. Bethel Roadhouse in background was the town's leading hotel.
L-R: Dr. L.T. Oldroyd, Extension Service of University of Alaska; Dr. Mark Dawber, Home Missions Council of North America Inc.; Clarence Rhode, Regional Director, Juneau, Alaska, Fish and Wildlife Service; Albert M. Day, Director of Fish and...
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Eskimo woman and child with their fur dolls, which they offer for sale at the Bethel Roadhouse." Mother and child are wearing traditional costume.
Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Villages; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Native Alaskan cemetery, where the Kuksokwim River was undermining the caskets and plunging the corpses into the stream just above the city water supply intake."
"The Pribilof Report 1949" Children standing by Native Alaskan homes in Kotzebue. Although not within the Selawik NWR boundary, Kotzebue is home of the Selawik NWR office.
"The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskomos plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. Only the simplest of hand tools are used for carving the walrus ivory tusks.
