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Portrait of Winnebago Indians

Date: 1890
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Organized Winnebago Indian Show Company

Date: 1885
Description: In this photograph, copied by Van Schaick from another photographer, Wild West show promoter Tom Roddy is standing on the far right, along with his cast of...
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Group Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1906
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family, Jim White Bear, his wife Kate, and their children (four girls and a boy). Kate White Bear and the older girls are wea...
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Three Native American Women

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Description: A studio portrait of three Native American women in front of a painted backdrop, one standing and two seated. The two women in front are wearing blouses an...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
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Henry Greencrow, William Hall and Charlie Greengress with Specimens of Taxidermy

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk men wearing suit jackets, trousers, and neckties in front of a painted backdrop. Two are wearing hats a...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

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Description: Full-length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk boys. The men are wear...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of five Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the men are sitting on a prop stone wall, and three of the m...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Women with Child

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women sitting and wearing wool shawls over long skirts or dresses. Names (l to r) Maude Looking ...
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Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women. One of the women is posing standing in the center behind the other two woman posing sit...
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Studio Portrait of Agnes, Juanita, and John Climer

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting in the center, flanked by two children, in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing modern wint...
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Portrait of the Daughters of Frank Climer

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Description: Studio portrait of five young Ho-Chunk women in front of a painted backdrop. Two are posing standing in the back row, and three are sitting. They are all i...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Men and a Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men in modern dress and wearing hats, and a woman wearing a wool shawl over a dress. The man...
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Copy Photograph of Harold Jones Funmaker and Others

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Description: Copy photograph of two Ho-Chunk men posing kneeling, and a third boy standing, but etched out of the negative. They are all wearing full regalia. The man o...
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Studio Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of four Ho-Chunk men, two posing sitting and two standing in front a painted backdrop. The man standing on the right is probably Ed Funmake...
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Studio Portrait of Susie Decorra Thundercloud, Albert Henry and Dora Monegar Wallace Green

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group, Susie Decorra Thundercloud (UkSeKaHoNoKah), left, Albert (Robert) Henry (HeKeMeGa), center, and Dora Moneg...

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