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Potowatomi Group

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Description: A Potowatomi group consisting of David Nsa-waw-quet, his wife Margaret Nsa-waw-quet, and her sister Mary Wabanosay, or "Morning Walking." A young girl is ...
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Studio Portrait of Mary E. Wallace

Date: 1940
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Edith Wallace Vazquez, posing standing with her arm resting on a stuff...
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Studio Portrait of Blanche Blackhawk and Ella Bill/Bell

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing regalia, including dark skirts and light-colore...
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Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Women in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting between two Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing regali...
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing. They are flanking a chair in the center which is draped with a ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing on the left, wearing a dark dress and a shawl draped over her shoulders....
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Annie Massey (daughter of William Massey) seated and wearing a dark blouse and skirt, several necklaces, long earrings, and ...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl posing sitting and wearing several necklaces, file bracelets, earrings, rings, and a trad...
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Potawatomi Couple

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man and woman, identified only as Potawatomie [sic] Indians, posing in front of a log structure. The woman is wearing large earrings and ...
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Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
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Ojibwa Wedding

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Description: A large, outdoor, group wedding portrait of group of people posing on a lawn. [name of family to come] The bride is sitting in the center on the ground, wi...
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Ojibwa Man and Woman

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman are sitting together on a park bench. She is wearing a skirt and plaid blouse, and he is wearing a military uniform. Immediately be...
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Indian Family

Date: 08 1915
Description: A woman posing with two young girls who are probably her daughters. They're sitting on a bench outside a log house, with the Moose River in the background.
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Chippewa Woman

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Description: Stereograph of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman sitting in the open doorway of a wigwam. She is wearing a dark skirt and patterned blouse. The foreground is cover...
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A Birch Bark Indian Home

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wig...

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