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Winnebago Camp — Old Monegar

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Description: View of the Winnebago camp Old Monegar at Morrison Creek Bottoms. A man wearing a hat, and a black and white dog, are walking in front of the living shelte...
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah

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Description: Six Ho-Chunk men are standing and kneeling around a blanket playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Moccasin), a favorite game. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the b...
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Native American Mother

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Description: A Chippewa mother with two children at Minocqua, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first ...
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Menominee Indian Village, Wolf River

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Description: A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river.
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction which is near Minocqua. The group is standing in front of a wigwam, and a woman in the r...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction, near Minocqua. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in the background.
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Camp Ground at Indian Hill Pageant

Date: 1929
Description: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, circa 1929. Camp ground at Indian Hill Pageant near Highway 13.
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Chippewa Indian Wigwam

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian Wigwam in the winter.
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Chippewa Indian Lodge

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Description: Drawing of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian lodge with an American flag flying outside of it.
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Man and Child in Open Wigwam

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Description: A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man and child inside a wigwam with the sides rolled up. A cat is walking in the grass in front of the man.
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David Goodvillage Standing on Snowy Ground with Horse

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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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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Ho-Chunk Men with European American Men

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men and two European American men posing standing outside a teepee. The side of the teepee is raised and shows a Ho-Chunk man and woman sitt...
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The Home of the Chippewa

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Description: Chippewa Indians are seated around a dome-shaped dwelling on a reservation.
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Learning Better Farming

Date: 1925
Description: A Caucasian man in a suit is standing at the center of a large arbor. Native American men and women are sitting or standing around him, while a Native Amer...
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Mable Lowe Weaving Baskets

Date: 1969
Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, Mable Davis (maiden name) Lowe is sitting and weaving a basket. Behind her is a dwelling (chipoteke). Several finished woven baskets are ...
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Native American Basket Weaving

Date: 1967
Description: Mable and Martin Lowe sitting outdoors, with a dwelling (chipoteke) behind them. Mable is weaving a basket, while Martin is working on strips of wood for h...
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Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of dancers in ceremonial clothing, performing the Green Corn dance. There is a teepee among trees in the background.
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Mother and Child Portrait

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Description: Portrait of a mother and child sitting on mat in front of a wigwam. "Bernodine Tallmadge and little son, Randy, in front of Elm Barl's wigwam."
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War Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1953
Description: A group of Native American Indians, dressed in ceremonial clothing, perform the War Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial.

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