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Eskimos Catching Crabs

Date: 1930
Description: Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic.
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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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Nah-Ko-Tah-Rat and Daughter Ah-Ta-New-Ka

Date: 1930
Description: Nah-Ko-Tah-Rat and his daughter Ah-Ta-New-Ka pose together in traditional Indian clothing.
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Pecatonica Battleground

Date: 1930
Description: Pecatonica Battleground.
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Preparing Corn for Drying

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American woman is sitting on the ground preparing corn for drying. A man, with arms akimbo, is standing nearby, observing. Husked corn is piled on...
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Linear Burial Mound near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn

Date: 1930
Description: A linear burial mound and historic marker at the University Ridge mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The mound group was eventually...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House before restoration.
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

Date: 1930
Description: A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ...
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Ugiyaku — Nunivak

Date: 1930
Description: The original caption reads: "This contented young woman wears a nose-ring and a labret. Her waterproof hooded parka is made of intestinal parchment." A hea...
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Effigy Marker

Date: 1930
Description: Turtle Effigy mound marker on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a metal plaque on a small formed block. An image of the mound is on the ...
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Radio Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Visitor's lounge of Radio Hall, the campus home of state stations WHA and WHA-FM, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The room is decorated in a...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman, Nancy Davis Funmaker Whitedog (HeNahKahGak), wearing a hat and sitting in front of a painte...
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Studio Portrait of Lavina Davis

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman in short hair posed sitting and wearing modern dress in front of a painted backdrop. She is ...
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Studio Portrait of Charles Greencrow and Belle Blackhawk

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, shirt with wat...
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Portrait of Mother and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a shawl and head scarf, posing sitting in front of her daughters, who are standing, in circa 1920s dress and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Oscar and Louisa Raisewing

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a Nebraska Winnebago man and Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and wearing modern dress in front of a painted backdrop....
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Studio Portrait of Ernst or Howard White Eagle

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a double-breasted jacket and turt...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Whitebear and Mary Lewis

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarer length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women wearing Middy blouses. Lucy Whitebear (HoDaHooKah) is sittin...
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Studio Portrait of Dora Thunderking Lowe and Jennie Youngthunder Decorah

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing. They are wearing winter coats with fur collars. Identifie...
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Studio Portrait of Amanda Bighawk and Marie Bighawk Whitewater and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Amanda Bighawk posing sitting holding her son Calvin Smith-Whitewater, and a Ho-Chunk w...

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