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Painting

Nearing Home with Canoe Materials

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman carry materials for making a canoe out of the forest.
Painting

Shaping The Canoe

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman shape bark during construction of a canoe.
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Reinforcing The Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa woman reinforces bark during canoe-building by sewing weak points.
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Weighting Down the Bark

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Description: A canoe under construction is weighted down by rocks placed inside the vessel. The canoe is in a frame and an Ojibwa woman stands behind it.
Painting

Binding Bark to the Frame

Date: 1937
Description: An Ojibwa woman is binding bark to the frame of a canoe during construction. An Ojibwa man is looking on.
Painting

Melting the Pitch

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman melt pitch in a pot over an open fire in a forest. The pitch will be used to seal a canoe that they're making.
Photograph

Governor Blaine and Chippewa Indians

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor group portrait of John J. Blaine between two men in Chippewa clothing and headdresses. Other men in suits and hats stand or walk in the background....
Photograph

Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
Photograph

Ojibwe Dancers

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a group of male and female Ojibwe (Chippewa) dancers forming a circle. They are surrounded by a crowd of white onlookers. The dancers are ...
Photograph

Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
Photograph

Judging Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A man in a light-colored overcoat, possibly Joseph Wojta, standing behind a sheep being inspected by two other men. A group, including men, women and child...
Photograph

Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration at the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Flag and Standard bearers are lined up behind the speakers. In the backgroun...
Photograph

Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 11 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol building against Assembly Bill 620. On the left are 3 flags.
Photograph

Two Ojibwa Women

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Description: Two Ojibwa women in the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake standing in front of a doorway. They are wearing traditional Indian attire, including beaded bandolier ba...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Native American Man

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Description: A Native American man from the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake area in Minnesota. He is probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Behind him are paddles leaning on a tree and ...
Postcard

Bi-wa-bik-konse

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Description: Photographic postcard of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) man, Iron Cloud, Bi-wa-bik-konse, posing in traditional Native American clothing. One of the ornaments on his ...
Photograph

Native American Children

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Description: Four Native American children pose outdoors in the snow. On the right, a girl holds an infant. On the left, another girl holds a child by the hand. In the ...
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

Three Young Native American Men

Date: 1918
Description: Three young Native American men pose for a studio portrait. Joseph Oiyette (White Earth Tribe) is on the right, the other two student's names are unknown. ...

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