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Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 1

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The first page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 2

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The second page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: Green Bay Treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near the Fox River to the Winne...
Photograph

Creating Menominee County

Date: 07 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a...
Photograph

Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
Photograph

Thomas Thunder and Woman Looking at Letter

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man in full regalia, including a Sioux headdress and holding a pipe, posing standing with a wh...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank C. Thunder (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) standing next to a ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Women and Infant

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting with a shawl across her lap, and holding an infant and a photograph. Stan...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man Holding Paper Fan

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of Sam Wilson aka George Walkingcloud sitting on a stone wall. He is holding a paper fan in his right hand with an illustration of a boat. ...
Photograph

Treaty with Massasoit

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Description: Sculpture relief entitled: "Treaty with Massasoit." The relief depicts Massasoit (c.1581 - 1661) signing the treaty with the pilgrims in 1621. Text on th...
Manuscript

Document Supporting Presentation of Medal

Date: 08 17 1778
Description: Document supporting the presentation of a medal presented by Frederick Haldimand, Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Quebec to Menomi...
Manuscript

John Archiquette Diary Page

Date: 1872
Description: Microfilmed page from John Archiquette's diary partially written in the Oneida language.
Manuscript

Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: The reverse side of the Green Bay treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near th...
Document

Ojibwe Treaty

Date: 1864
Description: This document, sometimes cited as the “Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864,” was carried by an Ojib...

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