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Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Tzi-Kal-Tza

Date: 1866
Description: Tzi-Kal-Tza, Nez Perce, seated outdoors with a rifle across his lap. The original photo is attributed to the William Henry Jackson collection (PH 252 (3...
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Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the 1898 Henry Kendall College football team, made up of four Creek Indians, two Choctaw Indians, one Cherokee Indian, and ten white men.
Drawing

Indian Taking Aim

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill.
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Hopi Women Cooking

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Description: Hopi women cooking.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: A front view of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Native American Woman

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Description: A woman, possibly a Cherokee Indian.
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Native American Woman

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Description: Susanne, possibly a Cherokee woman.
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Nez Perce Indians

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Description: A Nez Perce man and woman.
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Young Beaver

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Ami Kons (Young Beaver), an Ojibwa warrior. His two feathers means he has taken two Sioux scalps.
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Joe Wisconsin, Potawatomi Indian

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Description: Joe Wisconsin from near Sheboygan Falls. He died near Blackwell, Wisconsin, in the spring of 1925.
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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Keshena Indian School, an Indian Government School building.
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Chief Monegar

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Description: Chief George Monegar of the Winnebago holding an United States flag.
Poster

Wounded Knee Poster

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Description: Poster of woman and child that says "Remember Wounded Knee".
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Sunday Service

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Description: A sunday morning worship service at children's home.
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Mr. Ben and Children

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Description: Mr. Ben sitting on a couch talking to some children.
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Youth Basketball

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Description: The Indian Grade School team playing the local Grade School team in basketball.
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Geronimo and Group of Sioux and Apache

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men, with tipis behind them. Caption reads: "Group of Sioux and Apache Indians." Identifies Geronimo, first row, second from righ...
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Native Americans at the World's Fair

Date: 1932
Description: Group of Native Americans en route to the 1933 World's Fair. The group are members of the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. The man holding the feather flag o...

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