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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
Print

Defeat of General Braddock

Date: 01 07 1855
Description: Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India...
Postcard

O-Sho-Ga Monument

Date: 1918
Description: The O-Sho-Ga monument near the Indian burial grounds. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, O-Sho-Ga Monument near the old Indi...
Photograph

Panorama of Chippewa Indians at Odanah Fair

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic image of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians at a fair in northern Wisconsin. Caption under the image reads, "Souvenier [sic] of Odanah, Fair 1913."...
Photograph

The Home of the Chippewa

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Description: Chippewa Indians are seated around a dome-shaped dwelling on a reservation.
Book or Pamphlet

Ojibway Characters

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Description: A chart of characters used in Ojibway/Ojibwa picture writing.
Book or Pamphlet

Ojibwe Dictionary Title Page

Date: 1853
Description: Title page of A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language by Reverend Frederic Baraga.
Book or Pamphlet

Dictionary of the Ojibwe Language

Date: 1853
Description: Page 586 of Reverend Frederic Baraga's "Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language".
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
Map or Atlas

Location of Indian Settlements in Wisconsin

Date: 1962
Description: A map showing the location of Indian settlements in Wisconsin, indicating the settlements of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, at St. Croix, Lac Courte Oreilles, Re...
Photograph

Governor Philipp with Ojibwe Chief

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp hearing the petition of a St. Croix Ojibwe (Chippewa) Chief during a Victory Celebration on the Courte Oreilles reservation for t...
Postcard

Indian Bowl

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Description: View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems.
Photograph

Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Battle of St. Croix Falls Historic Marker

Date: 07 26 1964
Description: The newly crowned beauty queens and attendants from St. Croix Falls and neighboring Taylors Falls stand with Willis Erickson (right), president of the Polk...
Postcard

Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
Postcard

Indian Village

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Description: Ojibwa man tanning a hide outdoors. Text on reverse reads: "Here at Historyland you can see the Chippewa Indians in their colorful native dress and natu...
Postcard

Lake of the Torches Casino Resort

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Description: View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L...
Postcard

Aerial View of Lac du Flambeau

Date: 1984
Description: Aerial postcard of Lac du Flambeau village and surrounding lakes. Caption reads: "Lac du Flambeau, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "On State Hwy 47 between Po...
Photograph

Ellen Gokey

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of a man who is a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles band of the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe). He is wearing a feathered headdress, a bea...
Photograph

Chief Whitefeather

Date: 07 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress, claw necklace, and vest. He is holding a bow. Caption reads: "Chief Whitefeather — Indian M...

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