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Gymnasium at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Exterior view of a gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School. A group of men are standing at the entrance.
Photograph

Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait of the 1897 Henry Kendall College football team, holders of the championship in Indian Territory. The players are Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw,...
Photograph

Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the 1898 Henry Kendall College football team, made up of four Creek Indians, two Choctaw Indians, one Cherokee Indian, and ten white men.
Photograph

Cherokee Man

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted studio portrait of Vance McSpadden of the Cherokee High School Class of 1898.
Photograph

Youth Basketball

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Description: The Indian Grade School team playing the local Grade School team in basketball.
Photograph

Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians

Date: 10 1914
Description: Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians taken in front of Lathrop Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Included are: Mr. (William) Kershaw (M...
Photograph

Indian School

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Description: Native American children, presumably students, and adults pose outside an Indian school. The location is not verified, but may be in the Hayward vicinity.
Photograph

Tomah Indian School Band

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of the Tomah Indian School Band in uniform, holding their instruments.
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...
Drawing

Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Regalia Brightens School Anniversary

Date: 05 18 1954
Description: Caption under photograph reads: "Buckskins and bright feathered bonnets were donned by this group to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

75th Anniversary Observance

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: Winnebago children and adults are dressed in traditional clothing for the photo. The caption reads: "As part of the 75th anniversary observance of the foun...
Photograph

Three Young Native American Men

Date: 1918
Description: Three young Native American men pose for a studio portrait. Joseph Oiyette (White Earth Tribe) is on the right, the other two student's names are unknown. ...
Photograph

Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of six people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of his shoulders, ...
Photograph

Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of five people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of her shoulders,...
Photograph

St. Croix Chippewa Basketball

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Description: The St. Croix Chippewa High School basketball team in a huddle on the floor during a game.
Photograph

Rev. David Lowry

Date: 1840
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend David Lowry. Lowry was appointed to be a teacher for the Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Tribe by Andrew Jackson. In 1834, he started a ...

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