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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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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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Eagle Dance

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Description: Ho-Chunk Eagle Dance. Two Ho-Chunk men dance in front of two drummers. A group of Ho-Chunk sit on a bench on the right. Tepee in the background.
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Menominee Ceremonial Dance

Date: 1942
Description: A Menominee ceremonial dance. The dancers are wearing Native American ceremonial dress. Although Roman Catholic missions had banned many Native American ce...
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"Ponca Indian Squaw Dance"

Date: 07 1894
Description: Titled "A Ponca Indian Squaw dance". The participants hold up flags.
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Osage Gathering

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Description: A group of Osage gather in front of a structure to watch a smoke dance.
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Osage War Dance

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Description: Osage gather in front of a wooden structure for a war dance.
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Omaha Sioux Dancers

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Description: Omaha Sioux Dancers at the Rosebud Agency. The two men are standing in front of a log cabin with a sod roof and wooden door.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers on a platform, with drummers in the rear, at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Indian Dance

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Description: A group of women, possibly Tarahumara Indians, dancing in Mexico.
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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...
Painting

Eagle Dancers

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Description: Painting made at Sante Fe of dancers.
Painting

Dancers

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Description: Painting made at Sante Fe of dancers.
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Menominee Ceremony

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance.
Postcard

Corn Dance, Pueblo of Santo Domingo

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Description: Harvest Corn Dance at the pueblo of Santo Domingo. Caption reads: "Corn Dance, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, N. Mex."
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Native American Dance

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Description: Native American dancer performs for an audience.
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Menominee Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. The group is standing in front of a building with a sign th...
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Menominee Indians

Date: 03 18 1953
Description: Menominee Indians of the Zoar Settlement in Northern Wisconsin performing a dream dance. Standing figures: "Grandma" Dutchman and husband "Charlie."

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