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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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"Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ...
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Potawatomi Indians Cooking

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Description: Illustration of three Potawatomi Indians cooking.
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Village of Folle-Avoines

Date: 1842
Description: A Menominee village as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited the Green Bay area about 1838. The detailed, ...
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First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
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Ho-Chunk Woman Tanning a Buckskin

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman tanning a buckskin. Typical dwellings (chipotekes) are in the background.
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Ho-Chunk Woman Tanning a Buckskin

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman tanning buckskin. Typical dwellings (chipotekes) are in the background.
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Ball-Play Dance

Date: 1844
Description: Choctaw Indians performing dance (Plate 22).

"As I have mentioned in former pages that for nearly all their hunts, wars, or games, the events of which th...

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Menominee Corpus Christi Ceremony

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Description: Members of the Menominee tribe pose during the Corpus Christi celebration, possibly held at the Keshena chapel. Pictured are, from left to right, Clara Chi...
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

Date: 1930
Description: A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ...
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Indian Prophet's Lodge

Date: 1855
Description: An illustration of an Indian prophet standing by his lodge, which has symbols drawn on and floating above it. Others are seated, watching him. Two persons ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Twelve Ho-Chunk Women and Girls

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Description: Outdoor portrait of twelve Ho-Chunk women and girls posing standing and sitting in front of several trees, possibly at a powwow. They are all wearing many ...
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Ho-Chunk Medicine Lodge

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Description: Unidentified Ho-Chunk women sitting outside of a Medicine Lodge, whose sides are rolled up to allow airflow. Only members of the Medicine Lodge were allowe...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Horses in Wooded Area

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Description: Ho-Chunk women are sitting wrapped in shawls in a stand of trees. A dog is sitting with them. There is a group of horses and a wagon in the background. Pro...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...
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Ho-Chunk Group at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: A group of performers taking a break from entertaining tourists. The man on the left is wearing a traditional Ho-Chunk beaded shirt, belt, and breechcloth ...
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Powwow Encampment

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Description: Ho-Chunk awnings and tents with a few individuals nearby, including a child in a light-colored dress, and a woman with a long braid sitting in the grass. P...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Crowd at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Groups of Ho-Chunk and non-Indians gathering on the streets of Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration.

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