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Studio Portrait of Alex Lonetree and his Wife

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alex Lonetree, sitting and his wife, standing. They came to live with the Winnebagos after the last remov...
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Two Men Shaking Hands

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Description: Studio portrait of two standing men shaking hands posing in front of a painted backdrop, probably Ho-Chunk Indians. Both men are wearing hats, and the man ...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left holding the blanket, is Louis Bearchief. Both men a...
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Portrait of Seated Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She is sitting on a prop stone wall and is wearing a dress with earrings and long strands of beads. She is...
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Portrait of Marie Big Hawk and Her Baby

Date: 1936
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Marie Big Hawk Whitewater, holding her baby Clyde White in her lap in front of a painted background. She has shoulder ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a hat over shoulder-length hair and wearing a winter coat over a dress. She is s...
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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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Dandy, Second Chief and Orator

Date: 1866
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of a Ho Chunk chief standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a long coat, fringed shirt, and a crown on his head. In ...
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Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
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Ho-Chunk Man Performing Handstand

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Description: Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing on the left. There is a child sitting in one of several horses horse-drawn wagons...
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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 Man Performing Handstand

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Description: Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing nearby. There is a horse-drawn wagon near trees and bushes in the background.
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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 Man Walking with European American Man

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Description: View down wooden sidewalk towards a Ho-Chunk man smoking a cigar and wearing a duck bone breast plate and fur pants on the left, and a European American ma...
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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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Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Group of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children in a circle, and in smaller groups outside the circle. They are several summer lodges. Probably a meal.
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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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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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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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