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Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
Photograph

Coon-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear

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Description: Coon-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear, two Ho-Chunk men sitting on the ground. The man on the left is holding a gun.
Print

O'-check-ka, or Four Legs

Date: 1835
Description: O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) on Lake Michigan. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the ...
Print

Defeat of General Braddock

Date: 01 07 1855
Description: Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of George Greengrass and Wife

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, George Greengrass and his wife in front of a painted backdrop. George Greengrass (WauKeCooPeRayHeKah) and Em...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man Jim Heneka Posing in Regalia

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a World War I Ho-Chunk veteran, James George Hanakah (PaitchDoAhHeKah), wearing full Ho-Chunk regalia, except for his Plains...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men standing and wearing hats and regalia. The man on the right is holding a rifle, and the man on the left, William Hindsl...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Little Soldier and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting and wearing regalia. The man is holding a rifle and another object upright with his left hand. L...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Portrait of Little Soldier and Wife

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting and wearing regalia, the former is also holding a rifle and another object ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man Little Soldier

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Little Soldier (a.k.a., Strike the Tree, NoGinKah), posing sitting and holding a rifle, and a cane or stick ...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Little Soldier and Wife

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting and wearing regalia. The man is also holding a rifle and another object in ...
Photograph

Little Soldier and Bettie Littlesoldier

Date: 1905
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of Ho-Chunk couple, Little Soldier (NoGinKah) and his wife Bettie Littlesoldier (BayBayBawKah) sitting and wearing re...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Albert Thunderking Lowe and Edward Funmaker

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall. A hat is on the ground between them....
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Tom Roddy and Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a European American man flanked by two Ho-Chunk men, all posing standing. The Ho-Chunk men are dressed in regalia a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of group of people posing in front of a painted backdrop. A Ho-Chunk woman, identified as the wife of George Greengrass, sits in front of t...
Photograph

Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Women and Three Ho-Chunk Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting, one holding a small child, two Ho-Chunk children standing, one holding...
Photograph

Two Ho-Chunk Men Posed Sitting with Rifle

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posed sitting next to each other. The man on the left is wearing suspenders and holding ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Father and Son

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunde...

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