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Studio Portrait of Rodney Green

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posing sitting with his hands clasped. He is wearing dark-colored striped coveralls...
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Family Posing in Front of their House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man and five children posing standing in the yard of a small wooden house. Possibly Native American.
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Houses at Skunk Hill

Date: 1920
Description: Informal outdoor group portrait of Native American men and boys. One man is wearing a feather on his head, a beaded sash, and beaded pants. Two buildings a...
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Cemetery at Skunk Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of the cemetery at Skunk Hill (Tah-qua-kik).
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Menominee Man Standing in a Canoe

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Description: View across water of a Menominee man standing in a canoe in a marsh. He is holding a paddle in his hand. Behind him on the left is another canoe with three...
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Indian Boys Practice Archery

Date: 1956
Description: Six Native American boys and teenagers take part in an archery competition. They are holding their bows and carrying arrows in a bag on their backs. Riley ...
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Mobile Testing for Tuberculosis

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Description: Native American women and children wait in line by a bus to be tested for tuberculosis by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association. A sign points the wa...
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The Moccasin Game

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Description: Several Indian men kneel on a rug to play the moccasin game. One man is holding a drum and wearing a headdress (also called a war bonnet).
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Sam Carley Blowsnake and Jacob Lone Tree

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Description: Sam Carley Blowsnake and Jacob Lone Tree stand side by side, drawing back arrows in their bows. People are standing in the background.
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Parked Cars

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Description: A night view of automobiles in the parking lot at the Stand Rock Amphitheater, where the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial is performed.
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Cigar Box Cover for Nelson Dewey Cigars

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Description: Cigar box cover with a head and shoulders portrait of Nelson Dewey. Beneath his portrait is a Native American headdress, a tomahawk, a stone club and a qui...
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Indian Soldiers Homecoming

Date: 06 19 1919
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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Young Native American at the Wisconsin River

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Description: A Native American Indian in native dress, including a beaded bandolier and feathered headdress, gazing out to the Wisconsin River. He is standing on a rock...
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Native American Boy on a Rock on the Wisconsin River

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Description: A young Native American Indian boy in traditional dress is posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. In the background is a steamboat on the ri...
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Group of Native American Men and Boys

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Description: Group portrait of older men, with younger men and a boy, posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. They are all wearing traditional clothing, i...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans on Wisconsin River

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Description: A large group of Native Americans, men, women and children, posing on rocks along the Wisconsin River. They are wearing traditional clothing, and some of t...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans near Wisconsin Dells

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Description: Group portrait of Native Americans, including Ho-Chunk, Sioux, Kiowa and southwestern Native American tribes, posing on rocks along the Wisconsin River wea...
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Native American Man with Captain at Wisconsin River

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Native American man with his arms crossed over his chest standing on rocks near the Wisconsin River. He is wearing a headdress, a pat...
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Trapper with Hides

Date: 1920
Description: A Native American trapper sits on his haunches in front of a building where various hides on stretchers have been hung to dry. The building is sided with s...
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Garden Beds

Date: 1930
Description: Raised linear garden beds have been delineated with hydrated lime to show the arrangement of the intersecting beds.

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