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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Indian cultivated garden beds, partially covered with snow, "South of West over the big area." Now known as the Eulrich Site, a mile from the shore of Lake... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1913 |
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| Description: | Indian "Powwow" and Lacrosse contest between various Indian reservations. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Powwow at the Red Cliff Indian Reservation on the shores of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Native American at a Red Cliff Indian Reservation Powwow on the shores of Lake Superior. |
| 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... |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Groups of Ho-Chunk and non-Indians gathering on the streets of Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A group of Ho-Chunk women wrapped in shawls gathering at the temporary Ho-Chunk village. Identified as the Homecoming Powwow at the intersection of Main an... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A cattail mat–covered wigwam (ciiporoke) and a small teepee were set up in a mock Ho-Chunk village for the 1908 homecoming celebration. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Six Ho-Chunk men lined up for a group portrait at the powwow grounds. The men with sticks in their hands are members of the Bear Clan, who act as police fo... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A large group of Ponca Native Americans in the Sun dance, at the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. Caption... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Native American man sitting in the grass wearing headdress, beaded pants and moccasins. An axe is lying in the grass at his side. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Native Americans posing for a group portrait, with two drummers are sitting in the front row.. The group is wearing a mix of western dress and native dress... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A smiling woman with a toddler looks out of the entrance to a birch wigwam. In the foreground is a campfire with cooking pots and pails. There is tent in t... |
| Date: | 06 19 1919 |
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| Description: | A gathering of Native American women, some holding flags, to welcome home soldiers returning from WWI on Corpus Christi Day. There are men in the backgroun... |
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