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Chief Oshkosh

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Description: Chief Oshkosh, (1795-) August 29, 1858, Menomonee Indian chief.
Painting

Pocahontas

Date: 1832
Description: Portrait of Pocahontas.
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Painting

Three Potawatomi Chiefs

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Description: Portrait painting of Three Potawatomie Chiefs.
Photograph

Delegation of Indians to Washington, D.C.

Date: 06 24 1852
Description: Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th...
Photograph

Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
Photograph

Spotted Elk

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Description: Studio portrait of Spotted Elk, possibly a member of the Sioux Nation.
Print

Wa-Pel-La

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Description: Wa-Pel-La, a Musquakee Chief.
Photograph

Otoe Police

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Description: Otoe Indian police on horseback.
Painting

Iwa-toke

Date: 1845
Description: Menominee woman, Iwa-toke, "The Serpent," sister to Ke-wah-ten, "The North Wind."
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Agnes Payer Climer and Bertha Climer

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women in short hair in front of a painted backdrop. One is posed sitting wearing a zippered jacket. The other woman is stan...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Black Coon and Pete Pettibone

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing suit jackets. On the left, Black Coon of the...
Photograph

Da-Ko-Ra

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait in front of a backdrop of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief. In this portrait he is past the age of seventy. He is...
Photograph

Tapsy, Son of Blackhawk

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man standing with a frilled-bodice, cloth hunting shirt with leather leggings. A wool plaid shawl is worn toga-style; an...
Photograph

Black Hawk Potawatomi

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men sitting in front of two standing young Ho-Chunk men wearing hats. The man sitting ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men and Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two young Ho-Chunk men flanking a Ho-Chunk boy. All of ...
Photograph

Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man with short hair posed sitting and wearing a dark shirt and pants, and light-colored ...
Photograph

Young Ho-Chunk Man in Formal Clothes

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man with short hair posed sitting and wearing a suit and necktie.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Standing Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Pigeon – “He Cho Kah”. Born 1875, died August 1915. Posed standing near a prop stone wal...

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