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Chippewa Woman

Date: 1900
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman with child.
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Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation

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Description: Medicine man John King, his wife, grandchild, and family on the Lake Courte Oreilles Chippewa reservation near Couderay.
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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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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
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Portrait of Midriff or Diaphragm

Date: 02 1899
Description: Studio portrait (Front) of Midriff or Diaphragm in partial native dress with peace medal, headdress and ornaments. Part of Algonquian and Chippewa Tribes.
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Chief Cloud

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Description: Chief Cloud, in center, of the Chippewa Indians (Ojibwa) standing outdoors with other men.
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Ojibwa Indian Apparel

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Description: Ojibwa Indian apparel and beadwork owned by A.T. Newman of Bloomer, Wisconsin.
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Gaylord Nelson and Native American Woman

Date: 1965
Description: Nelson dances outside with an older Ojibwa woman wearing a traditional beaded dress and headband. Nelson is dressed in a suit and wears a beaded sash; othe...
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Superior Chippewa Indians

Date: 1935
Description: Four Odanah Ojibwa women standing outdoors at the edge of a blanket laying on the ground. The blanket has various ceremonial Ojibwa artifacts including a d...
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Ojibwa Shooting Arrow

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man shooting an arrow at the sky. The man is wearing buckskin leggings, a beaded apron, and porcupine roach. Two arrows are stuck in the ground besi...
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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Ojibwa with Bow and Arrow

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man sitting in a cottonwood tree, holding a bow and arrow. The man is wearing a headband with a porcupine roach.
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Chippewa Indian Lake Superior Tribe

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man kneeling on the ground, holding a bow and arrow in one hand and an eagle fan raised in the other hand. He is wearing a beaded headband.
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Chief Gogeoweosh (Sailing Home Once In A While)

Date: 1935
Description: Bad River Ojibwa Chief Gogeweosh (Sailing Home Once in a While). Chief Gogeweosh is wearing a feather war bonnet and a buckskin shirt with a beaded ...
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Chief Gogeoweosh

Date: 1935
Description: Bad River Ojibwe Chief Gogeoweosh (Sailing Home Once in a While). Chief Gogeoweosh is wearing a woven vest over a shirt and a bead and feather war b...
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Ojibwa Man in Forest

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing next to birch trees, gazing over a waterway. The man is wearing a beaded and appliqued vest and apron with fringe, a porcupine roac...
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Ojibwa Man Holding Eagle Fan

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing in a forest holding an eagle feather fan. His vest and apron are beaded and appliqued. He is wearing leather moccasins, ankle bells,...
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Peter Wolfe and William Wolfe

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of Peter Wolfe, chief of Lac Courte d'Oreilles band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians, with his son William Wolfe, who was Secretary of Lac Cou...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Camp Fire Girls and Indian "Chief"

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored group portrait of Camp Fire girls and a man dressed in Ojibwa-style floral embroidered/beaded clothing and a Plains Indian feathered headdress...

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