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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sam Carley Blowsnake (HoChunkHaTeKah), wearing a hat and sporting long hair, is sitting next to ...
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Studio Portrait of Mamie Bearchief Funmaker

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Mamie (Minnie) Bearchief Funmaker (HoHumpCheKaRaWinKah) posing standing near a chair in front of ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Veteran Homer Snake

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to a chair, identified as Homer Snake, who is wearing a hat with a GAR emblem, signifyin...
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Studio Portrait of Daniel and Ruth Greengrass

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy standing and girl. The boy is wearing short trousers, shirt, and tie, and the ...
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Studio Portrait of the Lewis Children

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing sitting on the left wearing a fringed leather dress. In the center is a...
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Steger Artifact Collection

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Description: Vernon and Cathrine Steger proudly display a lifetime collection of Native American artifacts found on their farm.
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Two Native American Men Drinking and Smoking

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Native American men posing sitting and holding the same glass over a table.
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Several participants tell the early history of Mendota State Hospital at the centennial pageant. They are, left to right: Cecilia Shedleski, a nurse at the...
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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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Judging Corn

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Native American men, women and children are posing around a table piled with ears of corn in front of a stage in an auditorium. Several of the m...
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Woman Holding Baby in Papoose Carrier

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Description: Portrait of a young woman in buckskins holding a baby in a cradle board.
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Indian Exhibit

Date: 1958
Description: A recreation of an Indian hut with a mannequin exhibited in the galleries at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

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