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| 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... |
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| Description: | View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing on the left. There is a child sitting in one of several horses horse-drawn wagons... |
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| Description: | David Goodvillage (WauHeTonChoEKah), standing with his horse who is loaded with supplies, including cattail mats, snowshoes and canvases, for a hunting and... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk man wearing hat mounted on horse. He is holding what appears to be a glass bottle in his right hand. Another Ho-Chunk man is lying face down acros... |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk group dressed in regalia standing behind an elderly woman, sitting, and child who is standing. The man with the rifle has an appliqué blanket wr... |
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| Description: | Two Ho-Chunk men dressed in a regalia standing in front of a tent, possibly at a powwow. |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk men and women sitting in and around a temporary Ho-Chunk lodge with its sides raised. Identified as the Green Cloud tent at Powwow. The Ho-Chunk m... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bea... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | View from field of a Ho-Chunk encampment in a field surrounded by trees, probably a powwow and/or medicine dance site. |
| 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: | 1844 |
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| Description: | "The Scalp Dance is given as a celebration of a victory; and amongst this tribe, as I learned whilst residing with them, danced in the night, by the light ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Group of men engaged in a war dance. They hold spears, axes, and bows. (Plate 29) |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Native American picture rocks, also known as petroglyphs. Caption reads: "Indian Picture Rocks No. 1. Smith's Ferry, PA." |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Native American picture rocks, also known as petroglyphs. Caption reads: "Indian Picture Rocks No. 2. Smith's Ferry, PA." |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Native American picture rocks, also known as petroglyphs. Caption reads: "Indian Picture Rocks No. 3. Smith's Ferry, PA." |
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| Description: | A view of people standing near three tepees, and with many Native Americans dancing in a circle on a wooden platform. Caption reads: "Reunion of Indians at... |
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