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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family
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Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John King resided in a nearby log cabin and the traditional dwellings were used for traditional ceremonial gatherings. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation
Medicine man John King, his wife, grandchild, and family on the Lake Courte Oreilles Chippewa reservation near Couderay.
Chippewa Lodging Framework
1929
Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the Wisconsin Histor...
Chippewa Family
A Native American (Ojibwa) family photographed on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photogra...
Covered Wigwam
A wigwam covered with store canvas. This cyanotype image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Chippewa Man
1913
A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is wearing a mix of traditional and western clo...
Mr. Bearskin
Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cu...
