Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Sitting Bear Grave Marker - Kasaan AK

City:: Kasaan, AK
Site Type:: Archaeology and History, Art Works, Sculptures, Historical Restoration
New Deal Agencies:: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
Completed:: 1939
Artists:: Haida craftsmen, Tlingit craftsmen
Designer:: Architect Linn A. Forrest (restoration)
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Sitting Bear Grave Marker is a reproduction from an original totem from Old Kasaan, carved by native craftsmen enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps. The totem was relocated on January 30, 1939 to New Kasaan at the Whale House site, where a copy was carved. Located at the west end of the village inside a small grave house, the original Bear Grave Marker stood on top of a grave.