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| Date: | 07 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Indian pow wow at Bear Trap Falls near Keshena. |
| Date: | 10 30 1949 |
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| Description: | As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th... |
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| Description: | A Medicine Dance Lodge at Morrison Creek. There is a long tent in a field with a large group of people and children sitting and standing underneath it. The... |
| Date: | 11 12 1949 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin senior law students take part in the tradition of tossing their canes over the south goal post crossbar at Camp Randall stadium. Th... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of four elderly Sioux women preparing dogs for a meal. The inscription on the woman sitting on the left reads: "Squaws preparing dogs for S... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux camp and dance ritual, including a man wearing a buffalo horn headdress. In the background there are people sitt... |
| Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church, breaks ground for the new Baptist Church to be constructed at 518 North Franklin Avenue a... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A cyanotype view of Cairo Street on the midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. An Egyptian with a large drum rides a camel as men and boys watch. The ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of twelve Ho-Chunk women and girls posing standing and sitting in front of several trees, possibly at a powwow. They are all wearing many ... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posing standing outside tents, possibly at a powwow. They are dressed in full regalia, including headdresses, bandolee... |
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| Description: | A group of Ho-Chunk people standing in the rear of a Buffalo Dance Lodge. The Buffalo Dance would take place in the spring, when the grass was long enough ... |
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| Description: | A group of Ho-Chunk men and boys standing in front of two canvas tents set up at a Ho-Chunk gathering, possibly a cranberry camp. The smiles on their faces... |
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| Description: | Unidentified Ho-Chunk women sitting outside of a Medicine Lodge, whose sides are rolled up to allow airflow. Only members of the Medicine Lodge were allowe... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk women are sitting wrapped in shawls in a stand of trees. A dog is sitting with them. There is a group of horses and a wagon in the background. Pro... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk lodges with flaps raised. A few individuals are visible inside, and there is a dog on the left. Probably a swan dance lodge and war bundle feast. ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Frisk Cloud (MauhHeTaChaEKah) is riding at cow at a powwow. Watching Frisk, left to right, are two unidentified men, Albert Thunder (CheNunkEToKaRaKah), Ge... |
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| Description: | A view of the Thunder Clan Feast Lodge. The flag is British and came to the Ho-Chunk when they joined forces with the British against the United States dur... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ... |
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| Description: | Four Ho-Chunk children and one more off to the right are posing standing in front of an arbor with an United States flag on a long pole, probably at a poww... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A group of performers taking a break from entertaining tourists. The man on the left is wearing a traditional Ho-Chunk beaded shirt, belt, and breechcloth ... |
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