Painting
Chief Buffalo
| Portrait of Chief Buffalo, over-painted enlargement, possibly from a double-portrait (possibly an ambrotype). Grandson of Great Chief Buffalo. Chief Buffalo was a principal Chief of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa (Ojibwa). He was also known as Ke-che-waish-ke (Great Renewer), Peezhickee or Bishiki (Buffalo), and (in French) Le Beouf. He was born at La Pointe on Madeline Island in about 1759, and died 7 September 1855 at La Pointe. |
| Image ID: | 3957 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Hamilton Nelson Ross papers, 1874-1969 |
| Genre: | Painting |
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| From the Madeline Island Historical Museum Collection, #1983.237.311 |
| Portraits |
| Clothing and dress |
| Ojibwe people |
| Medals |
| Men |
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