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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Arliss Nelson dresses as a Native American maiden, and John B. Nelson dresses as Pancho Villa while attending Blackhawk Country Club's Western Party.
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: Portrait of Menoninee Indian performer in full dress seated for waist-up portrait. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menom...
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: The image shows a performer standing and holding a pipe. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in...
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Four generations of men and boys pose for a portrait of Menoninee Indians in full dress standing outdoors near a gate and fence. A sign says: "Indian Vill...
Photograph

Ceremonial Group Dance

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of Ho Chunk performing at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial at night. A group of men, women and children are dancing in a circle, wea...
Photograph

Ceremonial Group Dance

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of Ho Chunk performing at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial at night. A group of men and women are dancing in a pattern, wearing Nati...
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Green Corn Dance

Date: 1952
Description: Slightly elevated view of the performance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. A group of men, women and children are performing the Green Corn Dance, movi...
Photograph

Hoop Dance

Date: 1955
Description: Tony White Cloud performs a Hoop Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. He is dressed in Native American ceremonial clothing.

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Photograph

Indian Fire Dance

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

Greetings from Sheboygan

Date: 1957
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She-Boy-Again." Large Letter style postcard with a scene of an Indian village along a lake or ri...

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