The Tlingit in Sitka : The Photography of Elbridge W. Merrill Multiple Nations Coast Salish / Nuu-Chah-Nulth

Coast Salish / Nuu-Chah-Nulth

Trauma and Survivance

oppression and power

Kaiah se sent aussi froide et grise que le jour

Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school

The Tlingit in Sitka : The Photography of Elbridge W. Merrill Multiple Nations Coast Salish / Nuu-Chah-NulthSergei Kan is professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College. There is Native Alaskan collaboration on this photography project and the photography that is included is culturally significant for the Tlingit People. A rare window into the changing lives of Native Alaskans between the late 1800s and 1920s Lured north by the Klondike gold rush, Elbridge W. Merrill settled in Sitka, Alaska, and took up a career as a professional photographer. Merrill