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Four-Footed Indian Effigy Mound

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Comanche Town

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Description: Tepees in a Comanche town near Fort Sill, Indian Territory. A woman and two men gather in the foreground.
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Blister Rust Eradication Staff

Date: 08 1935
Description: William Cowan, the white pine blister rust control foreman on the Menominee Reservation, with his two assistants, Joseph Dodge and Leo Waukechom (right).
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Menominee Reservation Agency

Date: 1935
Description: U.S. Department of the Indian agency building on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1870
Description: Indians receiving payment. Seated on the right is John W. Bell. Others are, left to right, Asaph Whittlesey, Agent Henry C. Gilbert, and William S. Warren ...
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Three Menominee Indians

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Menominee Indian man and two Menominee Indian women. The man is holding a decorated ceremonial pipe in his right hand.
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Indian Church

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of a church in an Indian village.
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Water Spirit Effigy

Date: 05 04 1915
Description: Caption reads: "An effigy of the water spirit type found at Clifton, Wis. The outline was whitewashed, the mound being carefully followed where it met the ...

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