Ketchikan totem poles, 1986

Scenes from Totem Bight State Historical Park and Saxman Totem Park near Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska in 1986 include numerous Tlingit and Haida totem poles and a community clanhouse. Pole carving traditions are today kept alive by elder Tlingit and Haida carvers who pass on their knowledge to young artists. For more information, see the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation website and Saxman Alaska websites. November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, in celebration of the rich heritage of Indigenous peoples throughout the United States (Color/Silent/16mm film). This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-20062 from the William W. Bacon III collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives. During his 50-year career, Alaska cinematographer Bill Bac