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Whirling Thunder St. Croix Indian

Date: 1930
Description: Saint Croix Ojibwa man, bare-chested, wearing a feather war bonnet.
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Superior Chippewa Indians

Date: 1935
Description: Four Odanah Ojibwa women standing outdoors at the edge of a blanket laying on the ground. The blanket has various ceremonial Ojibwa artifacts including a d...
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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Ojibwa with Bow and Arrow

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man sitting in a cottonwood tree, holding a bow and arrow. The man is wearing a headband with a porcupine roach.
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Chippewa Indian Lake Superior Tribe

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man kneeling on the ground, holding a bow and arrow in one hand and an eagle fan raised in the other hand. He is wearing a beaded headband.
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Ojibwa Man in Forest

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing next to birch trees, gazing over a waterway. The man is wearing a beaded and appliqued vest and apron with fringe, a porcupine roac...
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Ojibwa Man Holding Eagle Fan

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing in a forest holding an eagle feather fan. His vest and apron are beaded and appliqued. He is wearing leather moccasins, ankle bells,...
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Ojibwa Indian

Date: 1938
Description: A smiling Ojibwa man standing in a field with his arms crossed. He is wearing an appliqued apron with fringe and beads over buckskin leggings, a beaded cho...
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Pointing Ojibwa

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man pointing toward the sky. He is wearing a beaded and appliqued apron over leggings, a buckskin vest, and a feather war bonnet.
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Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwe wooden burial houses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island. Two women stand in the background.
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Wooden burial house, plots and crosses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island.
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"Tragedy of the Siskiwit" Historical Marker

Date: 1937
Description: Historical marker describing an Ojibwe legend that took place on Siskiwit Lake.

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