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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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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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Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder)

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Description: Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder), a 120-year-old Winnebago warrior chief, posing in front of a typical dwelling (chipoteke), with two men leaning against ...
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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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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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Man and Child in Open Wigwam

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Description: A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man and child inside a wigwam with the sides rolled up. A cat is walking in the grass in front of the man.
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Portrait of Strikes A Tree and The Small One

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Description: Copy photograph of two elderly Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on the ground in front of a building with a lodge frame in the background. Identified as Strik...
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Copy Photograph of John Buffalo Head

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Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent, smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several n...
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Copy Photograph of John Buffalo Head

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Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several ne...
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Outdoor Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Wife

Date: 1906
Description: Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah) and his wife, Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) stand in front of their two homes. The domed wigwam (ciiporoke) on th...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the right is sitting on a mule wearing a Sioux headdress along with other regalia, in a field in front of tents and trees. A European Ame...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule in a Field

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the left is posing mounted on a mule, and is wearing a Sioux headdress among other regalia. A European American man is posing standing on...
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Portrait of Frank Mike Outside a Lodge

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Description: Elderly Ho-Chunk man, identified as Frank Mike, posing sitting outside a lodge wearing a suit coat and a shawl wrapped around his waist. In the background ...
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Portrait of John and Harry Swallow

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a wooden building, with a reed lodge in the far background on snow-covered ground. The younger man on the left...
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Ho-Chunk Group near Tents in a Field

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men and three Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of tents in a field. The women are wrapped in plaid fringed shawls, and the men are we...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child Near Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman and small child in front of a Ho-Chunk lodge. The woman and child are looking to the side. In the background are trees and shrubs.

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