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Photograph

Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian deer hunt on snow shoes.
Photograph

Delegation of Indians to Washington, D.C.

Date: 06 24 1852
Description: Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th...
Drawing

Storm Encountered on the Way to Washington, D.C.

Date: 1852
Description: An illustration of a storm encountered by a delegation of Indians on their way to Washington, D.C.
Photograph

Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
Photograph

Yellow Thunder

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait of Yellow thunder, a Winnebago Chief.
Painting

Battle of Bad Axe

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Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
Drawing

Chippewas Gathering Wild Rice

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Description: Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe.
Photograph

Ojibwa Lodge

Date: 1906
Description: Ojibwa chief's lodge from Lac Courte Orielles Reservation set up at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Note both reed and bark coverings on the lodge. A number...
Photograph

First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
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Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Olive, Oliver, and Willard LaMere in Wisconsin Dells (Kilbourn City).
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Chief Cloud

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Description: Chief Cloud, in center, of the Chippewa Indians (Ojibwa) standing outdoors with other men.
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Young Beaver

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Ami Kons (Young Beaver), an Ojibwa warrior. His two feathers means he has taken two Sioux scalps.
Photograph

Potawatomi Indians

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Description: Potawatomi Indians.
Drawing

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Men

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) men. One of them may be Yellow Thunder.
Photograph

Al-che-say War Council

Date: 1890
Description: Al-che-say, chief of the White Mountain Apache, and his war council.
Photograph

Winnebago (HoChunk) in Sioux Headress

Date: 1922
Description: Wisconsin Winnebago on a Menominee Reservation wearing Sioux war head dress.
Photograph

Victory Celebration

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians and returned soldiers posing at the Victory celebration. Ira O. Isham, Chippewa interpreter, is in the foreground.
Photograph

Menominee Ceremony

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance.
Photograph

Chief Monegar

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Description: Chief George Monegar of the Winnebago holding an United States flag.
Postcard

Corn Dance, Pueblo of Santo Domingo

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Description: Harvest Corn Dance at the pueblo of Santo Domingo. Caption reads: "Corn Dance, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, N. Mex."

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