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Painting

Marquette and Joliet

Date: 1921
Description: Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th...
Print

A Woman of Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 47. Portrait from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Photograph

Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
Photograph

Nez Perce Indians

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Description: A Nez Perce man and woman.
Photograph

Woman and Child — Nunivak

Date: 1928
Description: Portrait of a Nunivak woman and child.
Photograph

A Family Group — Noatak

Date: 1928
Description: Seated portrait of a woman, man, and child.
Photograph

Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women. One of the women is posing standing in the center behind the other two woman posing sit...
Photograph

Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left wearing with a plaid shawl over her shoulders, and a young Ho...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ed Greengrass and Jennie Blackhawk

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah) and ...
Photograph

Older Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Fur Coat

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an older Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a dog (blurred by movement) in his lap, and ...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man in Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a long fur coat and a Scotch cap.
Photograph

Portrait of a Native American Chief

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Description: A portrait of Chief Push-E-To-Neke-Qua, of the Musquakie Indians. Caption reads: "Push-E-To-Neke-Qua, Chief of Musquakie Indians, Tama Co., Iowa."
Photograph

Fur Trading Post

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Description: A diorama depicting several people, including a small child, gather at a fur trading post in Juneau, Alaska.
Photograph

Trapper with Hides

Date: 1920
Description: A Native American trapper sits on his haunches in front of a building where various hides on stretchers have been hung to dry. The building is sided with s...
Map or Atlas

Canada ou Nouvelle France: Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Mess'rs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc.: Augmenteés de Nouveau

Date: 1740
Description: Map including the regions and cities of the northern half of North America. Native American land, rivers, lakes, mountains are labeled. Mountains, marshes,...
Map or Atlas

Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, Interjacentiumque Regionum, Nova Descriptio

Date: 1673
Description: Decorative map of the southeastern region of North America, from the York River in Virginia to northern Florida. The coat of arms of France and England mar...
Map or Atlas

Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1667
Description: Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,...
Photograph

Ho Chunk Group Portrait

Date: 1866
Description: Group of Ho Chunk Indians that visited Governor Lucius Fairchild. Names, (standing), Dandy, holding a long stemmed pipe, (Four-Leg's son), (seated) Wau-So-...
Photograph

Native American Infant

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Description: A Native American infant, nestled in a deer hide, is posed sitting up in a depression in a snowbank. In the background are trees, a dwelling and a tree hou...
Photograph

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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