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Chippewa Valley Village

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Description: Winter view of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Valley village.
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Chippewa Lodging Framework

Date: 1929
Description: Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepare...
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Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Ameri...
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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John K...
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Chippewa Chief

Date: 1898
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Camp Ground at Indian Hill Pageant

Date: 1929
Description: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, circa 1929. Camp ground at Indian Hill Pageant near Highway 13.
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Chippewa Indian Wigwam

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian Wigwam in the winter.
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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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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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Ho-Chunk Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges with flaps raised. A few individuals are visible inside, and there is a dog on the left. Probably a swan dance lodge and war bundle feast. ...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Ho-Chunk Children in Front of American Flag

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Description: Four Ho-Chunk children and one more off to the right are posing standing in front of an arbor with an United States flag on a long pole, probably at a poww...
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George Monegar's Winter and Summer Lodges

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Description: In a clearing surrounded by trees is a Ho-Chunk winter lodge on the left, and a Ho-Chunk summer lodge on the right. A Ho-Chunk woman is sitting inside the ...
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Ho-Chunk Couple with Dog

Date: 1890
Description: A Ho-Chunk couple and their dog outside of their winter home (ciiporoke). A Hudson Bay blanket is hanging over the door opening. The long tree branches lea...
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Ho-Chunk Summer Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk summer lodges behind a fence surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a wagon.
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Ho-Chunk Lodges, Tent, and Wooden Building

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Description: A Ho-Chunk winter lodge frame without skins, cattail matting, or fabric. In the background among trees is another Ho-Chunk lodge, tent, and wooden building...
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Ho-Chunk Winter Lodge with Stove Pipe

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Description: A Ho-Chunk winter lodge, with a stove pipe in the roof, in a clearing in front of trees.
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Ho-Chunk Boys and Dogs near Summer Lodge

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Description: A small Ho-Chunk boy is sitting on the ground. Behind him is a Ho-Chunk summer lodge placed among trees. Inside the lodge are two dogs and another Ho-Chunk...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman near Winter Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing in front of a Ho-Chunk winter lodge. The man is reportedly blind. In the background there is a horse and snow on t...
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Ho-Chunk Lodge

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Description: The Ho-Chunk used many different materials to cover their lodges. The earlier lodges had coverings made of cattail mats, deer hides, and sheets of bark. Th...

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