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Menominee Indian Basket Maker and Child

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Description: Indian basket maker with her child.
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Potawatomi Indians

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Description: Potawatomi Indians.
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Vilas Park Indian Mounds Memorial

Date: 10 07 1914
Description: Sara (Mrs. Joseph) Mallon (Menominee) of Milwaukee, wearing a sash stands between two American flags behind a memorial that reads, "Indian Mounds: One of s...
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Ojibwa Indian

Date: 1913
Description: Portrait of Chippewa (Ojibwa) man at Bad River Indian Reservation.
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Red Cliff Indian Reservation

Date: 1913
Description: Native American at a Red Cliff Indian Reservation Powwow on the shores of Lake Superior.
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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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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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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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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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Children Posing By Tree

Date: 1936
Description: Walker Reid (1929-2016) standing alongside tree with Indian girl. Reid Walker shown is 7-years-old, and is the son of Carol McMillan Reid. Portrait taken a...
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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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Portrait of Suzie Redhorn

Date: 1971
Description: Full-length portrait of Suzie Redhorn wearing a black and red cloak. She is standing outside in front of a tree.
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Portrait of Chief Yellow Thunder

Date: 1971
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Chief Yellow Thunder. Trees are in the background, and he is looking off into the distance and is holding a drum which is r...
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Evergreen Tree

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Description: Full-length portrait of Little Pine Tree standing outside surrounded by trees. He is wearing buckskins and a headdress and has his arms crossed over his ch...
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Indian Summer at Wisconsin Dells

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Description: View towards a man wearing colorful clothing and a headdress, and holding a long bow and arrow. He is sitting on a rock formation high above the water.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: An unidentified young man is standing next to an unidentified young women sitting on a rock over looking Palisades and Big Bay.
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Postcard in View Folder

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Wan-Juka, Eighty-Six Years of Age and a Veteran of Many Indian Wars." One of 16 postcard images inside of a souvenir view folder. A N...

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