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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | The Elkhorn Pyramid, on the Upper Missouri River. Passing Indians would add horns to the pyramid, and sometimes add red marks to the horns to indicate the ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indian dance on snowshoes. (Plate 14). "In the northern latitudes of America, where the winters are long and very severe, from the heavy falls of snow wh... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indian dance, with some wearing bear masks (Plate 18). "Next in importance to the buffalo hunts, and not less exciting and spirited in its character, is ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Sioux give away horses at the Rosebud Agency. A large group of people are watching from a shelter on the left covered with branches. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Sioux tepees at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Sauk-Foxes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The opening dance of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Captain Joseph Black Eagle (Waubli Sapa), Sioux, with a man and a woman at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Dr. War Eagle shoots at a target using a bow and arrow at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An illustration of an Indian prophet standing by his lodge, which has symbols drawn on and floating above it. Others are seated, watching him. Two persons ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | This arbor was erected for a celebration with the Ojibwe, who traveled from their reservation in northern Wisconsin to participate in the Winnebago-Chippew... |
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