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View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Photograph

Woman in Inupiat Clothing & Ho-Chunk Student

Date: 06 13 1935
Description: Deaconess Magdalene Klippen, of Chicago, former head of the Norwegian Lutheran Brevig Mission near Mary's Igloo, Alaska, wearing Inupiat clothing, and Lena...
Photograph

Mayor Schmedeman Greeting Indian Chief

Date: 07 09 1930
Description: Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman greeting Chief Shunatuna, who is on horseback and who is in Madison with the Official United States Indian band at the RKO Orphe...
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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Columbus Meets with a Cacique in Marien Province, Haiti

Date: 1655
Description: Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492.
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Francis Drake's Hat Stolen by Indians near Rio de la Plata

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Drake Expedition near Rio de la Plata, Brazil, ca. 1578.
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Captain John Smith Saved by Pochahontas

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1607.
Photograph

"Ponca Indian Squaw Dance"

Date: 07 1894
Description: Titled "A Ponca Indian Squaw dance". The participants hold up flags.
Photograph

Pima Agency Buildings

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Description: Men gather outside buildings at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Pima Agency Classroom

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Description: A man in a classroom at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Females Sewing at the Pima Agency

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Description: Women and girls sewing in a room at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Females Dining at the Pima Agency

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Description: Women and girls dine around a table at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
Photograph

Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album

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Description: A page from an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools, showing the Laguna, Santo Domingo, Acoma, and Isleta school buildings.
Photograph

Withertail, Sioux Chief

Date: 1898
Description: Withertail, a Sioux Chief, at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. He is sitting outdoors in front of a tipi.
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Governor Phillip at Victory Celebration

Date: 07 09 1919
Description: Governor Phillip outdoors at a victory celebration.
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Camp Ammon

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Description: Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
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Gifford's Home on East Lake

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Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.

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