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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Arbor Surrounded by Tents and Awnings

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Description: View from a distance towards an arbor, with tents and a few awnings surrounding it. A few individuals are sitting underneath in the shade. Possibly a Ho-Ch...
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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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Sun Dance of the Ponca Indians

Date: 1908
Description: A large group of Ponca Native Americans in the Sun dance, at the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. Caption...
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: View of a Native American dancer at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. The event, which began in 1916, is held on the bank of the Wisconsin River.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Group Dance

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Ho Chunk performing at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial at night. A group of men and a group of women dance in two circles, weari...
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Ceremonial Group Dance

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of Ho Chunk performing at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial at night. A group of men and women are dancing in a pattern, wearing Nati...
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Green Corn Dance

Date: 1952
Description: Slightly elevated view of the performance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. A group of men, women and children are performing the Green Corn Dance, movi...
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Dance Challenge

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Description: Two men and a drummer, with ceremonial clothing and headdresses, participating outdoors in the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Dance Challenge.
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Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men and women in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Green Corn Dance of the Winnebagos. A sign in the background reads: "Si...
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Hoop Dancer at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A male hoop dancer (Tony White Cloud) dressed in ceremonial clothing is jumping in the air, holding a hoop in each hand, and one hoop over one of his shoul...
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Swan Dance.
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Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of dancers in ceremonial clothing, performing the Green Corn dance. There is a teepee among trees in the background.
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Hoop Dancer at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Hoop Dancer (Tony White Cloud), dressed in ceremonial clothing, is dancing with four hoops. Two hoops are in one hand, one of these two is also wrapped aro...
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a group of women dressed in ceremonial clothing in two lines, with their arms out at the sides, performing the Swan Dance.
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Wild Goose Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of women dressed in buckskins performing the Wild Goose dance as men in headdresses are watching.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1952
Description: Women dressed in buckskins, performing the Wild Goose dance as men in headdresses watch.
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Hoop Dancer at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Hoop dancer, Tony White Cloud, watching as his son dances with three hoops.
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Snake Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A group of Native American Indians, dressed in ceremonial clothing, perform the Snake Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Snake Dance. The women are ...
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Snake Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A group of men and women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, performing the Snake Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial.

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