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The Great Seal of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1838
Description: Territorial seal of Wisconsin. There is a farmer in the foreground plowing behind horses, a Native American apparently heading west, a river steamboat and ...
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Indian Children with Dog

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Description: Three Indian children pose outside their home with a large, white dog.
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Winnebago Indian Camp

Date: 1920
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian camp with woman seated on the ground making fry bread. There is a kettle over the fire, with a tripod holding a pot for cookin...
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An Indian Burying Ground

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Description: View of an Indian cemetery on a Chippewa reservation. People are posing among the graves.
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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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Winnebago Indian Family Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) family, including two women sitting and one man standing.
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Natural Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: The Raddatz Natural Bridge and Rock Shelter, now in Natural Bridge State Park, established in 1972.
Map or Atlas

Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : ou sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et plusieurs autres peuples; avec la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte etc.

Date: 1688
Description: This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river...
Photograph

Group Near Tent

Date: 1940
Description: Men in summer clothes stand in small groups outside of a large canvas tent. The men on the right wear badges with ribbons. In the background, a man in Nati...
Photograph

Bear Effigy Mound

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Description: Elevated view of bear effigy mound outlined in chalk at Lake Koshkonong.
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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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Native American Relic Collection

Date: 11 13 1952
Description: Albert and Sophie Kouba look through their collection of Native American relics, including many arrowheads.
Book or Pamphlet

Missionary in Canoe

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a missionary priest wearing a robe standing in the fore of a canoe as it comes ashore paddled by a person in the aft. An Indian on ...
Manuscript

Will Buy Famous Baraboo Mound

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Newspaper article about the purchase of land for a park related to Man Mound in Sauk County accompanied by a line drawing of the mound. Article clipped fro...
Map or Atlas

Map Of The Dells

Date: 1952
Description: The famous Dells of the Wisconsin River. A souvenir map embellished with bits of history and points of interest.
Drawing

Two Figures Smoking Pipes

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of two seated figures smoking pipes.
Photograph

Prominent Menominee Men

Date: 1910
Description: A group of prominent Menominee: (from left to right) Alex Warrington, unidentified fishman, John Rain, Louise Waukechon, Pinto, Black Jack Warrington (John...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
Photograph

Ojibwe Cemetery

Date: 06 1919
Description: Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian cemetery among brush and trees. Probably Lac Courte Oreilles.
Photograph

Lac Courte Oreilles at Victory Festival

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Large group portrait of Lac Courte Oreilles Indians in traditional garb at the Victory Festival.

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