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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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Chippewa Woman

Date: 1900
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman with child.
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.
Photograph

American-Indian Youth Gathered Around International Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: View from bottom of snowy hill looking up towards the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #3, which was purchased from the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway.
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Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
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Arthur Symintire's Family

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Description: Arthur Symintire and his family in a tipi at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Cain Brunoe

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Description: Left side view of Cain Brunoe, an Indian "cowboy," sitting on horseback at the Warm Springs Agency.
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction which is near Minocqua. The group is standing in front of a wigwam, and a woman in the r...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction, near Minocqua. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in the background.
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Camp Ground at Indian Hill Pageant

Date: 1929
Description: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, circa 1929. Camp ground at Indian Hill Pageant near Highway 13.
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Indians in front of Cabin

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Description: Three Indians of North America, two women and one boy, standing in front of a log cabin.
Drawing

Stockbridge Indian Mission

Date: 1835
Description: Drawing of the Stockbridge Indian mission.
Photograph

Missionary Dwelling

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Description: View of the dwelling of Cutting Marsh, missionary to the Stockbridge Indians.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Supreme Court Justice Fowler at a meeting of Women's Club representatives and other citizens in relation to the proposed purchase of the Agency house.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 06 1938
Description: View of the parlor with a Nunns and Clark piano, identical to the one owned by Juliette Kinzie when she resided in the house between 1830-1833.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House before restoration.
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Menominee Indian Band

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the mor...
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Madison Cub Scouts Pack 309, Den 5

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Members of Madison Cub Scouts Pack 309, Den 5, Lapham School, perform Indian dances for their parents, part of a project on Indian life and customs. Pictur...
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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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