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Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Indian boarding school at Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Reservation. Children are in front of the building, and in the side yard.
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Presbyterian Mission School

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph. Probably the Presbyterian Mission School grounds on the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two boys and a dog are standing in the foreground, with a...
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Ojibwa Woman with Baby

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa woman holding a baby in a tikinagan outdoors. The woman is wearing a dress, shawl and a headband. The Odanah Methodist church is in the background.
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Ojibwe Woman Holding a Baby in a Tikinagan

Date: 1938
Description: Bad River Ojibwe woman standing outdoors holding a baby in a tikinagan. The woman is wearing a dress, a shawl and a headband. The Odanah Methodist church ...
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Birch Bark Canoe, Chain of Lakes, Wis.

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Description: One man sits in the bow and one man stands on shore holding the stern of a birch bark canoe at the edge of a lake. They may be Indians. The man in the cano...
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwe wooden burial houses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island. Two women stand in the background.
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration at the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Flag and Standard bearers are lined up behind the speakers. In the backgroun...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 11 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol building against Assembly Bill 620. On the left are 3 flags.
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: Caption on reverse reads: "An old Chippewa Indian meditates as he puffs a new-fangled pipe of peace." He is seated on a hillock of grass with a pole in one...
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Harriet Oiyotte LaSarge

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Description: Harriet Oiyotte LaSarge poses next to a goggle wearing hound dog on a motorcycle. On the left, another Native American individual looks on. In the backgrou...
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Frances Ann Oiyotte

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Description: Snapshot of Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte as a young girl. She is posing outdoors in spring or autumn, wearing cold weather clothing. In the background is...
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Ojibwa Man and Woman

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman are sitting together on a park bench. She is wearing a skirt and plaid blouse, and he is wearing a military uniform. Immediately be...
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Ojibwa Man and Automobile

Date: 12 1972
Description: Ojibwa man standing outdoors near an automobile. The man is wearing a plaid coat, and a cap. In the background are trees and a lake.
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in Thunder Bay

Date: 07 03 1973
Description: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visiting Mt. McKay in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Seated between the Queen and Prince is Chief Leonard Pelletier of...
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Portrait of an Oiyotte Sister

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Description: Outdoor, casual portrait of one of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters." Birch trees are in the background.
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Frances and Patrick Decorah

Date: 1977
Description: Frances Decorah and her son Patrick at a Pow-wow in South Dakota. She is seated in a lawn chair and Patrick is napping on her lap. Frances is wearing stree...
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Truck in Parade

Date: 1974
Description: Stuart (husband of Frances Decorah) driving a truck in a street parade. The truck is draped with blankets displaying a Native American motif. A woman in tr...
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Ojibwa Man and Youth

Date: 08 1973
Description: A man and youth posing together outdoors next to the back of a white automobile. The man is wearing a necklace containing ornamental beading. In the backgr...
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Two Young Women with Soft Drinks

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Description: Two young women posing standing outdoors holding soft drinks in bottles. On the right is a "Drink Coca-Cola" sign. They are wearing coats and scarves.

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