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Flower Arrangements for Edna Richards Turner's Graduation

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Description: Flower arrangements on display on top of two tables in front of large windows in the corner of a room. A brick building is visible through the windows. Ide...
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Powwow

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Description: Group of men and drum posed in front of an arbor and an American flag. Native American powwow held six miles east of town.
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Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Camp and Dance Ritual

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Description: Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux camp and dance ritual, including a man wearing a buffalo horn headdress. In the background there are people sitt...
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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Unidentified Man Dancing

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Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
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Ho-Chunk Men around Drum

Date: 1908
Description: A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Police

Date: 1910
Description: Six Ho-Chunk men lined up for a group portrait at the powwow grounds. The men with sticks in their hands are members of the Bear Clan, who act as police fo...
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Ho-Chunk Children in Front of American Flag

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Description: Four Ho-Chunk children and one more off to the right are posing standing in front of an arbor with an United States flag on a long pole, probably at a poww...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Men and Boys Outdoors

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Description: Ho-Chunk and European American men and boys in front of an arbor and tent with United States flags on top. Probably meeting of the Blue Wing Band at Valley...
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Group near Brush Pile and Fence

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Description: View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow.
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Ho-Chunk Thunder Clan Feast Lodge

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Description: A view of the Thunder Clan Feast Lodge. The flag is British and came to the Ho-Chunk when they joined forces with the British against the United States dur...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...
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Frisk Cloud Sitting on a Steer

Date: 1905
Description: Frisk Cloud (MauhHeTaChaEKah) is riding at cow at a powwow. Watching Frisk, left to right, are two unidentified men, Albert Thunder (CheNunkEToKaRaKah), Ge...
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Ho-Chunk Medicine Lodge

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Description: Unidentified Ho-Chunk women sitting outside of a Medicine Lodge, whose sides are rolled up to allow airflow. Only members of the Medicine Lodge were allowe...
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Group of Ho-Chunk Men and Boys

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk men and boys standing in front of two canvas tents set up at a Ho-Chunk gathering, possibly a cranberry camp. The smiles on their faces...
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Ho-Chunk Women in Buffalo Dance Lodge

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk people standing in the rear of a Buffalo Dance Lodge. The Buffalo Dance would take place in the spring, when the grass was long enough ...
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Women in the Temporary Ho-Chunk Village

Date: 1908
Description: A group of Ho-Chunk women wrapped in shawls gathering at the temporary Ho-Chunk village. Identified as the Homecoming Powwow at the intersection of Main an...
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Arbor with United States Flag

Date: 1895
Description: This arbor was erected for a celebration with the Ojibwe, who traveled from their reservation in northern Wisconsin to participate in the Winnebago-Chippew...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: A Ho-Chunk group dressed in regalia standing behind an elderly woman, sitting, and child who is standing. The man with the rifle has an appliqué blanket wr...

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