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Chief Oshkosh

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Description: Chief Oshkosh, (1795-) August 29, 1858, Menomonee Indian chief.
Photograph

George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Photograph

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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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
Photograph

Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
Photograph

Chippewa Man

Date: 1913
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is we...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Performers

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village.
Photograph

Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
Photograph

Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left holding the blanket, is Louis Bearchief. Both men a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a hat over shoulder-length hair and wearing a winter coat over a dress. She is s...
Photograph

Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman with short hair, wearing a jacket, and dress. She is posing sitting and holding in her l...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Veteran Homer Snake

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to a chair, identified as Homer Snake, who is wearing a hat with a GAR emblem, signifyin...
Photograph

Tapsy, Son of Blackhawk

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man standing with a frilled-bodice, cloth hunting shirt with leather leggings. A wool plaid shawl is worn toga-style; an...
Photograph

Black Hawk Potawatomi

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men sitting in front of two standing young Ho-Chunk men wearing hats. The man sitting ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Standing Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Pigeon – “He Cho Kah”. Born 1875, died August 1915. Posed standing near a prop stone wal...
Photograph

Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posed standing with his hands behind his back. He is wearing a suit, bandana, ...
Photograph

Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank C. Thunder (son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder). He is standi...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man with short hair posed sitting with his arms crossed and wearing a light-colored shir...

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