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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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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Women Dancing in Field

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Description: Two women dance barefoot in tall grass while another woman sits on the ground and tends to her feet, probably Mrs. J.J. McGillivray.
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Women Dancing a Routine

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Description: Four young women dancing outdoors in a synchronized line, probably at Rock Spring Park.
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...

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