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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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Menominee Ceremonial Dance

Date: 1942
Description: A Menominee ceremonial dance. The dancers are wearing Native American ceremonial dress. Although Roman Catholic missions had banned many Native American ce...
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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Ponca Indian Sundance

Date: 07 1894
Description: A Ponca Indian Sundance. The participants are lined up in the grass.
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"Ponca Indian Squaw Dance"

Date: 07 1894
Description: Titled "A Ponca Indian Squaw dance". The participants hold up flags.
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Osage Gathering

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Description: A group of Osage gather in front of a structure to watch a smoke dance.
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Osage War Dance

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Description: Osage gather in front of a wooden structure for a war dance.
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Omaha Sioux Dancers

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Description: Omaha Sioux Dancers at the Rosebud Agency. The two men are standing in front of a log cabin with a sod roof and wooden door.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers on a platform, with drummers in the rear, at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dance

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Description: A group of women, possibly Tarahumara Indians, dancing in Mexico.
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Indian Dance

Date: 1898
Description: The opening dance of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Native American Dance

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Description: Native American dancer performs for an audience.
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Menominee Indians

Date: 03 18 1953
Description: Menominee Indians of the Zoar Settlement in Northern Wisconsin performing a dream dance. Standing figures: "Grandma" Dutchman and husband "Charlie."
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"At the Dance"

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Description: A group of Ojibwa dancers in a circle. Caption reads: "'At the Dance' Lac du Flambeau, Wis."
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Indian Fire Dance

Date: 1952
Description: A Native American man performing a fire dance at Camp Decorah.

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