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Chippewa Girls

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Chippewa (Ojibwa) girls in white western clothing and paper feathered headdresses for a celebration commemorating the return of 80 Native Americ...
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Namekagon Portage Historical Marker

Date: 1956
Description: Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation.
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Hayward Indian School

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Hayward Indian School, including the boys' building, chapel and schoolrooms, and the girls' building.
Photograph

Governor Phillip at Victory Celebration

Date: 07 09 1919
Description: Governor Phillip outdoors at a victory celebration.
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Gaylord Nelson Smoking Peace Pipe

Date: 08 1971
Description: Nelson smokes a peace pipe held by Bill Baker outside a building after a meeting with tribe members. To Nelson's far right is Governor Patrick Lucey, and i...
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Ojibwe Cemetery

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

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of Peter Wolfe, chief of Lac Courte d'Oreilles band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians, with his son William Wolfe, who was Secretary of Lac Cou...
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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.
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...
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Governor Philipp with Ojibwe Chief

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp hearing the petition of a St. Croix Ojibwe (Chippewa) Chief during a Victory Celebration on the Courte Oreilles reservation for t...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows the township and range system, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, hig...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the numbered "sub-school-districts of the town of Hayward" school houses, and the Indian reservation. The towns...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: This 1919 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, farm houses, the Indian re...
Photograph

Mission Church

Date: 1933
Description: The Catholic church of St. Francis Solanus is located on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. The church was built 1923-1924 of native pipestone under the ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, swamps, state swamp land, trails and railroads. Includes a township diagram.
Map or Atlas

Lac Courte Oreilles - Forest Service Management Plan (Proposed) Chippewa Flowage-Sawyer County, Wisconsin : Land Use, Recreation Sites and Special Uses.

Date: 1975
Description: This map shows boundaries, roads, national forest land, bogs and wetlands, lakes, campgrounds, and boat landings.
Map or Atlas

Lands to Be Overflowed By Dam on Chippewa River, in the Vicinity of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1910
Description: This blue print map shows original lakes, area to be covered by Chippewa Flowage (flow-lines for contours 1310 and 1315), dam sites, roads, and buildings.
Photograph

Indian Soldiers Homecoming

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: A gathering of Native American women, some holding flags, to welcome home soldiers returning from WWI on Corpus Christi Day. There are men in the backgroun...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1940
Description: This blue line print map traced from aerial survey mosaic shows reservation boundary, roads, trails, and railroads. Color manuscript annotations show triba...

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