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Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
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River from Fort Snelling

Date: 10 1852
Description: Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
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Combat at Fort McKenzie

Date: 1832
Description: Indians in combat at Fort McKenzie on August 28th, 1833.
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Fort Pierre on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Black and white engraving showing landscape with Fort Pierre and Indian tipis along the Missouri River.
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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre

Date: 1832
Description: Funeral of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre.
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Punka Indians Encamped on Banks of the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Punka Indians encamped on the banks of the Missouri River and canoeing in river.
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Camp of the Gros Ventres of the Prairies (on the Upper Missouri)

Date: 1832
Description: Camp of the Gros Ventres along the upper Missouri River, with white travelers passing by in a boat.
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Encampment of the Piekann Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Encampment of the Piekann Indians.
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Fort Union, on the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Union, on the Missouri River in Montana.
Photograph

Group at Stand Rock Amphitheater

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Description: Group of Ho-Chunk at Stand Rock Amphitheater. Several men sit in a ring as other Ho-Chunk look on. Tepee in the background. This is where the Stand Rock In...
Drawing

Wilkins 42: Fort Bridger

Date: 07 25 1849
Description: Fort Bridger in Wyoming, with wagon parts and teepees, where Wilkins camped for a night; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to Califo...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Photograph

Interstate Dedication

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Dedication ceremony for a section of Interstate Highway I-90 near the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native Americans watching from above. A Dells Fargo ...
Photograph

Village of the Kalispel

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Wash...
Photograph

At the Water's Edge — Piegan

Date: 1910
Description: American Indians sitting near dwellings at the edge of a body of water.
Book or Pamphlet

Glacier National Park

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Description: View of Glacier National Park, including people, horses, and tipis.
Photograph

Stand Rock

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Description: Panoramic view of a large group of Native Americans posed in front of Stand Rock between two tipis.

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