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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 ...
Historical Object

Bandolier Bag

Date: 2016
Description: A beaded dance bag, which was once presented to General J.C. Starkweather by a Menominee Indian.
Photograph

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...
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...
Photograph

Ojibwa Man and Youth

Date: 08 1973
Description: A man and youth posing together outdoors next to the back of a white automobile. The man is wearing a necklace containing ornamental beading. In the backgr...
Photograph

Indians at Tamarack

Date: 1907
Description: Two people, probably Ojibway, posing together wearing hats and elaborately beaded garments, with blouses with puffy sleeves. They are standing in front of ...
Photograph

Two Indian Men

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two Indian men posing together at a settlement near Moose River. The man on the left is wearing an embroidered shirt that is probably made of leather. The ...
Photograph

Young Indian Man

Date: 08 1915
Description: A young man wearing beaded bandolier bags. He is holding what appears to be a tobacco pipe.
Photograph

Indian Boy

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian boy posing wearing a feathered headdress and a beaded bandolier in front of the doorway of a building. He is in an Indian village at the mouth of...
Photograph

Carl with His Pack

Date: 1910
Description: Carl carrying a large pack on his back and holding a bag. He is wearing a beaded belt that was almost certainly made by an Indian.
Postcard

"Chippewa [Ojibwa] Indian Squaw"

Date: 1934
Description: Full-length portrait of a Native American Woman (Ojibwa) wearing traditional dress. Caption reads: "Chippewa Indian Squaw, Hayward, Wis."
Photograph

Children Posing By Tree

Date: 1936
Description: Walker Reid (1929-2016) standing alongside tree with Indian girl. Reid Walker shown is 7-years-old, and is the son of Carol McMillan Reid. Portrait taken a...
Photograph

Teenagers Wearing Different Types of Ethnic Clothing

Date: 1967
Description: A group of young men and women are standing in a line outdoors wearing various types of ethnic clothing at the Holiday Folk Fair.
Photograph

Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Dance Challenge

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Description: Two men and a drummer, with ceremonial clothing and headdresses, participating outdoors in the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Dance Challenge.
Photograph

Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men and women in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Green Corn Dance of the Winnebagos. A sign in the background reads: "Si...
Photograph

Hoop Dancer at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A male hoop dancer (Tony White Cloud) dressed in ceremonial clothing is jumping in the air, holding a hoop in each hand, and one hoop over one of his shoul...
Photograph

Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Swan Dance.
Photograph

Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of dancers in ceremonial clothing, performing the Green Corn dance. There is a teepee among trees in the background.
Photograph

Hoop Dancer at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Hoop Dancer (Tony White Cloud), dressed in ceremonial clothing, is dancing with four hoops. Two hoops are in one hand, one of these two is also wrapped aro...
Photograph

Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a group of women dressed in ceremonial clothing in two lines, with their arms out at the sides, performing the Swan Dance.

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