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Boy wearing grizzly bear claw crown and button blanket.

Man sitting on motorcycle

Young boy in regalia pretending to ride motorcycle.

Young boy in regalia pretending to ride motorcycle.

Young boy in frontlet.

Unknown artist carving a screen.

Unknown artists carving a screen.

Unknown artist carving a dance screen.

Unknown artist carving a screen.

Unknown artist carving a dance screen.

Unknown artist carving a screen.

Graves near Hartley Bay

The carving on this post is badly decayed. Its height and width indicate that it was a house post rather than a totem pole.

The carving on this post is badly decayed. Its height and width indicate that it was a house post rather than a totem pole.

In the centre of the frame is a carved eagle that originally stood at the village of Howkan. Behind it is the Russian Czar pole and in the foreground is a pole with what appears to be a bear with a frog in its mouth. Hydaburg was established in 1911 by Haida people from three villages. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created Hydaburg Park, and several other similar parks in Southeast Alaska. CCC workers brought poles to these parks from other locations. The government…