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Alaska Traditional Tribes "Tlingit, Haida, Inupiaq, Athabascan and Eskimo"
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 Photography of a tlingit carved totem pole in Sitka Historical Totem Park. Subsistence life styles are still common throughout Alaska. Very little on of the gathered food is wasted. The fish is clean, cut and hung to dry on a fish rack while the eggs are dried on a net.
Stock photography of Tlingit culture. Tlingit carved totem pole. Subsistence life style.
Dance, for the Tlingit people is a means of expression and communication, and a form of enjoyment. It is a major potlatch activity, or, as in the old days, it could be an impromptu performance around the evening fire. The shaman used dance as a vehicle to make contact with the spirit world; regular folks might tell a story, ridicule an opponent, or extend an apology through a combination of dance motions. Drums and carved rattles were used as accompaniment.
 The People of the Northwest Coast were rich. Their sea even richer. They were enormously energetic, and they centered their society around what was to them the essence of life: what we now call Art. - Bill Reid, (1920-1998) Long ago, Pacific Northwest Natives made carved wood boxes, called "bent boxes". Originally made by the northern coastal peoples - the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian and Bella Bella - bentwood boxes were made in all sizes and were used to store food, clothing, and many household and ceremonial items. Some were painted or elaborately carved. In recent years, artists of native heritage have revived the art of making bentwood boxes.
Drums and carved rattles are used in Tlingit Dance. People of the Northwest Coast were rich. Pacific Northwest carved wood boxes.
Totem poles, tall and elaboratively carved with images of stylized people and animals, can be considered family histories. Native Alaskans did not have a written language but instead used totem poles to record the most significant events and stories of their culture. The poles served as a sort of “family crest.”
Stock photography of a Haida carved totem pole covered in snow during the winter months. Totem poles are carved from cedar trees and no preservatives are used to treat the poles. The are still hand carved using traditional tools. You can view totem poles being carved in Ketchikan and Sitka, Alaska. Twined spruce root hats from Alaska and British Columbia feature beautifully flaring rims and elaborate woven patterns. Painted crest designs often adorn the finished hat. Haida weavers are acknowledged experts in this style, and Haida hats traditionally have been traded to neighboring groups. Often, museums identify hats according to the tribe from which they were collected. Research is showing that neighbors of the Haida bought Haida-woven unpainted hats and painted them with designs typical of their own tribes.
Totem poles, tall and elaboratively. Stock photography of a Haida totem poles. Twined spruce root hats.
Although the history is not clear on how long totem poles have been made, it is certain that they have been in existence since the 18th century. However, do to the fairly quick rate of decay, removal by museums, and theft, many totem poles have been lost throughout the centuries. During the 1930’s the famed “Civillian Conservation Corp” (CCC camps) collected and restored totem poles that had been abandoned in villages and created the Saxman Native Totem Park.
 Stock photography of traditional clothing of the Tlingit natives which lived in the Pacific Northwest. Similar to the Native Americans across the United States, the Native Alaskans’ history begins before people lived on the earth and birds and animals spoke to each other. Some poles have carvings of the Raven who is recounted as being the “trickster” and who brought light unto the earth. Other powerful animals such as the Bear, Orca Whale, Eagle, and the Thunderbird are also frequently carved as the heads of long standing lineages.
Totem poles were very important to tlingit culture. Stock photography of traditional clothing. Raven who is recounted as the “trickster.”
In Tlingit society, the raven has a different role from its mythic guise. Society is divided into two halves or moities, names the Ravens and the Eagles. Every Tlingit belongs to one side or the other. Within each moiety are many clans. This is a photo of a raven helmet made for a celebration in Sitka, Alaska. Read a Tlingit Rave story.
    
Raven helmet.    

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