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Drying Jerky

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian man and boy posing next to a birch frame used for drying jerky.
Photograph

Indian Boy

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian boy posing wearing a feathered headdress and a beaded bandolier in front of the doorway of a building. He is in an Indian village at the mouth of...
Postcard

Greetings from Ladysmith, Wis.

Date: 1965
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Native American man wearing a headdress, and bead work. Caption on back reads: "A Colorful American Indian."
Poster

Indian Ceremonial Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising the Indian Ceremonial at Stand Rock Amphitheatre.
Photograph

Lillian St. Cyr

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Lillian St. Cyr standing and posing in a traditional Native American beaded buckskin dress and floor length headdress. St. Cyr, also known as Red Wing, was...
Photograph

Lillian St. Cyr Sewing a Headdress

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Lillian St. Cyr working on a headdress. The headdress has a beaded headband with feathers attached to it. She is wearing a traditional Native American bead...
Photograph

Indian Exhibit

Date: 1958
Description: A recreation of an Indian hut with a mannequin exhibited in the galleries at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Indian Fire Dance

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

A Birch Bark Indian Home

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wig...
Postcard

Menominee Chief

Date: 07 08 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Menominee Chief in priceless full head dress of rare Eagle feathers. Neopit, Wis." A native American man stands with his arms cross...
Postcard

Souvenir Folder of Postcards

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Souvenir Folder, Menominee Indian Girl at Keshena Falls, Shawano, Wisconsin." She is sitting on a rock, posing in a blanket and indi...
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...
Postcard

Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
Postcard

Sacajawea Statue

Date: 1905
Description: Color postcard depicting a statue of Sacajawea, a Shoshone explorer who guided Lewis & Clark on their expedition across the Louisiana Territory. She is sta...
Postcard

View Folder of Postcards

Date: 1930
Description: Text reads: "Souvenir Folder. Dells of the Wisconsin." The mailing side/front of a souvenir view folder containing eleven accordion folded, double-sided co...
Postcard

View Folder of Postcards

Date: 1936
Description: Text reads: "Indians of Wisconsin Dells. The Sentinel." The mailing side of a souvenir view folder containing eight accordion folded, double-sided color im...

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