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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A Menominee ceremonial dance. The dancers are wearing Native American ceremonial dress. Although Roman Catholic missions had banned many Native American ce... |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Unidentified boy, probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Unidentified woman and child (Marie Shekah and Bernard Sheka?) standing outdoors. Probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village wearing a headdress in front of a teepee. |
| Date: | 06 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Helene Stratman-Thomas with an unidentified man and child, possibly at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 06 17 1947 |
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| Description: | Ami Kons (Young Beaver), an Ojibwa warrior. His two feathers means he has taken two Sioux scalps. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Door County Museum, featuring a display of a sculpted man in Native American dress. |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the mor... |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of Madison Cub Scouts Pack 309, Den 5, Lapham School, perform Indian dances for their parents, part of a project on Indian life and customs. Pictur... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A small crowd gathers for a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) ceremony under an open air structure, probably in the Wisconsin Dells. Two men in ceremonial dress stand i... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of two seated figures smoking pipes. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of three standing figures, possibly a missionary, a fur trader, and an American Indian, depicting Wisconsin history. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Historical re-enactment outdoors, in inappropriate attire, probably meant to represent a treaty signing, at the Grignon House. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends... |
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