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Lac Courte Oreilles at Victory Festival

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Large group portrait of Lac Courte Oreilles Indians in traditional garb at the Victory Festival.
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: Caption on reverse reads: "An old Chippewa Indian meditates as he puffs a new-fangled pipe of peace." He is seated on a hillock of grass with a pole in one...
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Two Women Pose Together

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Description: Angeline Oiyotte Johnson poses with an unknown woman.
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Harriet Oiyotte LaSarge

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Description: Harriet Oiyotte LaSarge poses next to a goggle wearing hound dog on a motorcycle. On the left, another Native American individual looks on. In the backgrou...
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Family Portrait

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Description: A casual, indoor family portrait featuring three generations. The grandmother (seated), holding the child on her lap, is one of the five Oiyotte sisters. I...
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Frances Oiyotte Decorah

Date: 2008
Description: Quarter-length, formal portrait of Frances Oiyotte Decorah, one of the "Five Sisters" and an elder on the St. Croix Ojibwe Reservation.
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Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah

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Description: Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah and a Native American man stand in front of a wooden podium, each holding a cellophane wrapped rose.
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Five Oiyotte Sisters

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Description: A group snapshot of the "Five Sisters." Names are, left to right: Beverly Oustigoff, Ann Marie "Gaagabiikwe" Oiyotte, Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte Decora...
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Mary Taylor Oiyotte

Date: 1969
Description: Snapshot of Mary Taylor Oiyotte standing outdoors in the snow. She is wearing a flowered dress and red sweater. Behind her is a snowbank and the windows of...
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Angeline Oiyotte Johnson

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Angeline Oiyotte Johnson in her X-Ray Technician uniform. The facility was located in Chicago.
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Oiyotte Sister in Limosine

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Description: One of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters" in the back seat of a limosine.
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Beverly Oustigoff

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Description: Beverly Oustigoff standing in the hall of the school where she works as a teacher's aid.
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Four Ojibwa

Date: 10 1981
Description: Three Ojibwa women are standing in front of a car. A young person is sitting on the hoodoo the car, and is peeking over the older woman's shoulder. The you...
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Two Oiyotte Sisters

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Description: Two of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters" pose together at a daycare. On the left is a child seated in a chair. The sisters attended early childhood classes in Ric...
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Frances and Patrick Decorah

Date: 1977
Description: Frances Decorah and her son Patrick at a Pow-wow in South Dakota. She is seated in a lawn chair and Patrick is napping on her lap. Frances is wearing stree...
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Banquet at Beauty School

Date: 1961
Description: Group portrait of women at a banquet at the Green Bay Beauty School. In the back row, fourth from the left, is Frances Decorah. Handwritten at the bottom i...
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Group of Ojibwa Youth

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Description: A group of youth socialize in an unknown location, possibly a bowling facility. A handbag or bowling bag is sitting on the floor. On the right someone in h...
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Mary Taylor Oiyotte

Date: 1969
Description: Snapshot of Mary Taylor Oiyotte wearing a flowered dress and red sweater. Behind her is a snowbank and the windows of a white dwelling with red and white a...

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