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Chippewa Woman

Date: 1900
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman with child.
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Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cur...
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Chippewa Man

Date: 1913
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is we...
Postcard

Chippewa Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: A postcard of a Native American (Ojibwa) at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt...
Photograph

Elderly Chippewa

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Description: Pussafuss, an elderly Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of p...
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Portrait of Gegwejiwebinung

Date: 02 1899
Description: Profile studio portrait of Gegwejiwebinung or Gaygwachewaybinanung (Trying To Throw) or Gayshiqonnayyash (Swift Feather), Called Red Blanket, with Headdres...
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Portrait of Gegwejiwebinung

Date: 02 1899
Description: Portrait of Gegwejiwebinung or Gaygwachewaybinanung (Trying To Throw) or Gayshiqonnayyash (Swift Feather), Called Red Blanket, with Headdress and Bear Claw...
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Portrait of Gemiwunac or Gaymewahnash

Date: 02 1899
Description: Portrait (Front) of Gemiwunac or Gaymewahnash (Bird That Flies Through the Rain) with Headdress and Holding Pipe-tomahawk. Part of Algonquian and Chippewa ...
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Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, Celebrated Chippewa Chief

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Description: Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick (Hole in the Day), celebrated Chippewa (Ojibwa) chief.
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"Bitter Man," Chief of Pillager Band of Chippewas

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Description: "Bitter Man," Chief of Pillager Band of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Native Americans.
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Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, Celebrated Chippewa Chief

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Description: Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick (Hole in the Day), celebrated Chippewa (Ojibwa) chief.
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Celebrated Chippewa Chief Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick

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Description: Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, celebrated Chippewa (Ojibwa) chief.
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Portrait of Mezhukigizhik

Date: 02 1899
Description: Portrait (Front) of Meshekigishig or Mezhukigizhik (Sky Striking The Earth) or (Sky Touching Ground) in partial native dress with headdress and ornaments a...
Photograph

Portrait of Bashicta-Nogueb

Date: 02 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Bashicta-Nogueb (High Up In The Sky), called Charles Sucker, in partial native dress with ornaments. Part of Algonquian and Chippewa Tri...
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Portrait of Tabaiwatang or De-Bwawen-Dunk

Date: 02 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Tabaiwatang or De-Bwawen-Dunk (Sound of Eating), called John, in partial native dress with ornaments and fan. Part of Algonquian and Chi...
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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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Chippewa Chief

Date: 1898
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Young Beaver

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Ami Kons (Young Beaver), an Ojibwa warrior. His two feathers means he has taken two Sioux scalps.
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Shadomo

Date: 1891
Description: Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland.
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Mrs. Lo and Little Negee

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Description: Stereograph portrait of Mrs. Lo, seated in front of a traditional dwelling, holding her infant Little Negee.

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