Surviving Sounds of Haida
A few of the remaining Haida elders from Kasaan, Alaska offer some of the surviving sounds of their endangered language.
Voices include Harriet McAllister, Julie Coburn, and Erma Lawrence.
Spoken memories about photos
Lewis A. Thomson made a number of recordings while looking at old photos in the KHHF collection. More spoken records of old photos may be added as they come in.
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Julia Coburn and Caroline Hendrixson
Original Shareholders Julia Jones Coburn and Caroline Young...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Cornet Band
Top row left to right: Joe Jones, Louis...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: New Kasaan 1908
New Kasaan in 1908. Photo courtesy of Kavilco...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan 1929
Aerial of Kasaan in 1929, showing the entire...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan c.1914-15
Kasaan circa 1914-15. According to Louis A. Thompson,...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Cannery 1914
Anacortes Fisheries, circa 1914, according to Louis A....
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Cannery 1929
Kasaan cannery, 1929. The Blackstad house is the...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: New Kasaan Residents c. 1900s
New Kasaan residents, circa 1900s. Standing from left:...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Sea Elephant 1939
This elephant seal carcass washed up on the...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Sheldon Jackson Students 1929
Students at Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka, Alaska...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Residents 1955
Original Kavilco Shareholders Minnie Stevens(second from left) and...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Children 1940
Photo taken on the steps of the Thompson...
Listen to Louis A. Thompson: Kasaan Cannery Craft 1920s
Cannery craft sometime during the 1920s or 1930s....