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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Indians Bind Wheat

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Description: Indians start the first McCormick self-binders at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
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Mountain Slide

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Description: Men work at a mountain slide at the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Timber Cribs

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Description: Timber cribs retain the wall foundation of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Head Gate Retaining Walls

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Description: Retaining walls at the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
Book or Pamphlet

Mining on Lake Superior

Date: 1855
Description: "Ancient copper mining on Lake Superior."
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Indian Protest

Date: 04 26 1971
Description: Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W...
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Stockbridge Indian Mission

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of the Stockbridge Indian Mission with men standing near its entrance.
Poster

Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
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Ojibwa Canoe Maker

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Description: An Ojibwa man shaping birch bark in a frame during the process of making a canoe.
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Native American Artist

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Native American artist working at an easel, taken for WHA, the Wisconsin State radio station.
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: A man sleeping in a chair, possibly Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah). On the back wall of Van Schaick’s studio are photographs he made available for purchase.
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Blister Rust Eradication Staff

Date: 08 1935
Description: William Cowan, the white pine blister rust control foreman on the Menominee Reservation, with his two assistants, Joseph Dodge and Leo Waukechom (right).
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Governor Philipp with Chippewa Indian Delegation

Date: 02 23 1920
Description: Wisconsin Governor Emmanuel Philipp in the Governor's Office during a conference with a delegation of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Executive Messenger Samuel...
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Native American with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A member of the Blackfoot Native American tribe uses a McCormick grain binder.
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Creating Menominee County

Date: 07 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a...
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Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...

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