Description:
Historic photographs from Sally Edwards' personal collection related to her oral history interviews.
Project:
Sally Edwards
Sally Edwards was a Tlingit elder from Yakutat, Alaska with family ties to the old villages at Dry Bay, including spending time there as a child. Her Tlingit names included Tleikw was'ee, Tool S'áaxw, and Shaawát Tlein, being named for Annie George and Jenny Paddy. Sally was involved in cultural documentation projects, including field trips to Dry Bay to locate old village sites, oral history interviews, traditional knowledge and language preservation, and genealogical research.