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By Don Morfe, September 11, 2009

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1 ► Alaska, Anchorage — Ancient Traditions of the Athabascan People —

Athabascans were highly nomadic, traveling in small groups to fish, hunt, and trap. Athabascan territory, the largest area of all the Alaska Native peoples, was home to 11 different linguistic groups who lived along five major riverways: the . . . — — Map (db m72795) HM

2 ► Alaska, Anchorage — Mobile Architecture —

Athabascans were masters at designing a variety of shelters--simple and functional--that kept them both warm and mobile as they set out to hunt and trade. Emergency shelters were constructed in minutes. A wandering hunter could pile up . . . — — Map (db m72792) HM

3 ► Alaska, Anchorage — Raven the Creator — Created by John Hoover in 1998 —

Raven is the Creator in many Alaska Native and American Indian legends. Elements from my different legends are incorporated into this sculpture including "Raven Stealing the Stars, Sun, and Moon." The human figures in the claws symbolize icons used . . . — — Map (db m72793) HM

4 ► Alaska, Anchorage — What is this “Rock Man”? —

For generations the Inuit people of Northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska have constructed these rock monuments for hunting and navigational purposes. Our inuksuk is a giant version based on similar monuments found throughout the Arctic. . . . — — Map (db m69768) HM

5 ► Alaska, Denali Borough, Denali National Park — Ice Age Hunters — The Deadliest Predators —

High above river valleys, at overlooks like this, Denali’s first human visitors watch for mammoth, giant bison, and caribou. Ridge tops made the best game launching platforms; herds tend to follow sheltered stream corridors. Hunters had to . . . — — Map (db m69724) HM

6 ► Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ketchikan — Chief Johnson Totem Pole —

Totem poles are carved to honor deceased ancestors, record history, social events, and oral tradition. They were never worshipped as religious objects. This totem, carved by Israel Shotridge and raised in 1989, is a replica of the Chief . . . — — Map (db m79703) HM

7 ► Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ketchikan — Chief Kyan Totem Pole —

Totem poles are carved to honor deceased ancestors record history, social events, and oral tradition. They were never worshipped as religious objects. This totem is the second replication of the Chief Kyan Totem Pole. The original pole was . . . — — Map (db m70746) HM

8 ► Alaska, Sitka Borough, Sitka — Forgotten Workers of the Russian-American Company —

Blacksmiths and artisans who once lived and toiled on this hill were highly skilled workers of diverse ethnicities. Artifacts found here tell their forgotten story. Under Your Feet In 1997, archaeologists discovered Russian workshops . . . — — Map (db m181266) HM

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