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Annie Massey and Hester Decorah Lowery on a Street in Town

Date: 1915
Description: Annie Massey (KeKoRaSinchKah), left, and Hester Decorah Lowery (NoGinWinKah). Hester lived to be well over one hundred years old.
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Ho-Chunk Family Sitting near Board Sidewalk

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, woman, and child are sitting on steps in front of a storefront on a board sidewalk. Along the sidewalk in front of windows are two painting...
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Two Elderly Ho-Chunk Women Sitting near Storefront

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Description: Two elderly Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on a storefront curb with two dogs. Probably in front of the Jones Lumber and Mercantile Store on Water Street. T...
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Two Ho-Chunk Women Walking on Board Sidewalk

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk women walking on the board sidewalk on Main Street at the intersection of Main and Second Streets. They are both wearing shawls wrapped around...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children in front of Storefront

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk women and two children are standing in front of a storefront. The Ho-Chunk women and girl are all wearing shawls wrapped around their heads ...
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Jim Swallow and Pinkey Bigsoldier Crossing Street

Date: 1915
Description: Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah) and Pinkey Bigsolder (HoWaWinKah), as well as an unidentified child, crossing at the corner of Main and South First Street. J...
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Ho-Chunk Man near Werner Drugstore

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man wearing a cap and wrapped in a shawl is walking near the front of the Werner Drugstore on Main Street between Water and First Streets. There...
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Ho-Chunk Group in front of Werner Drugstore

Date: 1915
Description: A group of Ho-Chunk gathering in front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street. The signpost on the right side indicates that English was not the first language...
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Ho-Chunk Girls and Boy on Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: Two Ho-Chunk girls wrapped in Racine Woolen Mills shawls walking with a young boy down Water Street downtown. The Journal sign is visible behind them, and ...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman Walking on Main Street

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women are walking on the north side of Main Street between Second and Third Street. The man is wearing a hat and the woman ...
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Ho-Chunk Woman in Wagon on Main Street

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman sitting in a wagon on the north side of Main Street between Second and Third Streets. In the background there are several other wagons, a ...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Crowd at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Groups of Ho-Chunk and non-Indians gathering on the streets of Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration.
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Wagon

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Description: Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women in a wagon pulled by a two-horse team. They are probably about to cross the bridge toward the Mission at the intersecti...
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Ho-Chunk Man Walking with European American Man

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Description: View down wooden sidewalk towards a Ho-Chunk man smoking a cigar and wearing a duck bone breast plate and fur pants on the left, and a European American ma...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Men in Front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street

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Description: View from street of two Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk man standing in the doorway of the Werner Drugstore on the north side of Main Street between First an...
Manuscript

Nathan Myrick's Account Book

Date: 1841
Description: Page from Nathan Myrick's account book showing transactions with Native Americans.
Book or Pamphlet

Ho-Chunk in Ciproke

Date: 1884
Description: Group of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians in a long house (ciproke). Some of the men are displaying animal pelts. There is a bucket and a small barrel at the e...

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