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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti...
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Ha-Noo-Gah Chun-Hut-Ah-Rah

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Description: "Second Boy and Pony Indian." Ho-Chunk man standing with legs crossed, leaning on his pony. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the background.
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Big Bear in Diamond Grotto

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Description: Big Bear (a Ho-Chunk Man) sitting on the ground in front of Diamond Grotto.
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Flute Ceremony

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Description: Ho-Chunk flute ceremony or prayer for rain. Four Ho-Chunk kneel in a square. A flute player and a man with a rattle stand behind on a low, round stone wall...
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Group at Stand Rock Amphitheater

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Description: Group of Ho-Chunk at Stand Rock Amphitheater. Several men sit in a ring as other Ho-Chunk look on. Tepee in the background. This is where the Stand Rock In...
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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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Winnebago Wigwam

Date: 1884
Description: Indians standing and sitting near wigwams. Four wigwam frames are covered, with the one on the right uncovered, with a campfire inside. In the distance are...
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Building at Wisconsin Dells

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: View down hill towards a building, probably on the grounds of the Winnebago (Ho Chunk) Indian Village.
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O'-check-ka, or Four Legs

Date: 1835
Description: O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) on Lake Michigan. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the ...
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Winnebago Indians and Boat at Stand Rock

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Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians posing in front of the steamboat Winnebago near the Stand Rock Amphitheater. This is where the Stand Rock Indian Ceremo...
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Indians at Demon's Anvil

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Indians, probably Ho-Chunk, in traditional costume, posing on and around Demon's Anvil.
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1929
Description: A view of the canal locks on the Fox River. The Indian Agency House is in the background on a hill.
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John Greencloud Standing in Field

Date: 1906
Description: Ho-Chunk man posing standing in a open field holding a flintlock gun. He is wearing garters, moccasins, a breech cloth, necklace, and feathers in his hair....
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Ho-Chunk Couple Posed on Rocky Area

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing, and a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a rocky outcrop near a tree. Far below in the background are fields, hills, ...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Girls in a Field

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Description: A woman and two Ho-Chunk girls are standing outdoors in a field. The woman on the left is wrapped in a shawl. The face of a girl can be seen just behind he...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...

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