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Chippewa Valley Village

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Description: Winter view of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Valley village.
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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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Winnebago Camp — Old Monegar

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Description: View of the Winnebago camp Old Monegar at Morrison Creek Bottoms. A man wearing a hat, and a black and white dog, are walking in front of the living shelte...
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah

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Description: Six Ho-Chunk men are standing and kneeling around a blanket playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Moccasin), a favorite game. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the b...
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Chippewa Indian Village

Date: 1903
Description: Portion of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian village at Lake Vieux Desert.
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Wona-Chia-Ah Chea-Da

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Description: "Indian Tent and Ho-Chunk Women." Four Ho-Chunk women are sitting under a basic traditional structure (chipoteke).
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Ha-Noo-Gah Chun-Hut-Ah-Rah

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Description: "Second Boy and Pony Indian." Ho-Chunk man standing with legs crossed, leaning on his pony. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the background.
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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 Indian with Canoe and Wigwams

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Description: View towards a Ho-Chunk Indian wearing a blanket and holding a pipe standing behind a beached canoe. In the background are two typical dwellings (a chipote...
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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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Indian Sugar Camp

Date: 1850
Description: Chippewa Indian Sugar Camp. Plate 61, preceding p. 199, vol. I, The Indian tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, ar...
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Winnebago Wigwam

Date: 1884
Description: Indians standing and sitting near wigwams. Four wigwam frames are covered, with the one on the right uncovered, with a campfire inside. In the distance are...
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Professor Edward Ross in Tahiti

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of Professor Ross and five friends in native dress in Tahiti. Two of the people are sitting on a stack of logs, with a cat sitting between t...
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Chippewa Lodging Framework

Date: 1929
Description: Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepare...
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Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Ameri...
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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John K...
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Chippewa Woman Making Baskets

Date: 1925
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman preparing splints for basket making. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the fir...
Book or Pamphlet

Menominee Indian Village, Wolf River

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Description: A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river.
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: Privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton.
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.

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