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Red Cliff Reservation Cemetery

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Description: Man posing by a gate in the Red Cliff Indian Reservation cemetery.
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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cur...
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Tecumsa and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Tecumsa, a Potowatomi, and his family. Tecumsa is standing in the back in the center, and a man is sitting in front of him on a blanket holding up an hatch...
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Creek Nation Reservation

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Description: Men walk on a hill at a Creek Nation Reservation, in Sapulpa, Indian Territory.
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Pechanga Day School

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Description: Students and teachers in front of Pechanga day school at Mission Agency.
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
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Presbyterian Mission School

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph. Probably the Presbyterian Mission School grounds on the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two boys and a dog are standing in the foreground, with a...
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Mr. and Mrs. William Hall, Sr.

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a prop wooden fence, and two Ho-Chunk men flanking her. The woman is wearing a shawl over her head, 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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Portrait of Seated Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She is sitting on a prop stone wall and is wearing a dress with earrings and long strands of beads. She is...
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Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing standing next to a prop wooden fence. He is weari...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing near a prop fence. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest wit...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop and a studio prop fence. They are wearing white bead necklaces an...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posed sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a white bead necklace, bracelets, rin...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing in front of a prop stone wall and a painted backdrop. On the right is Tom Thunderchief, (son...
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Studio Portrait of Sharpteeth Little Sam and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman, Sharpteeth Little Sam (he pa he ga se ba sik) and his wife, posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He ...
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Studio Portrait of Margaret Whitedeer Littlesam, Lee Dick Littlesam, and Emma Stacy Whitedeer Lowery

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop near a prop wooden fence. The women are wearing earrings, r...
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Studio Portrait of Sally Dora Redbird Goodvillage Whitewater

Date: 1904
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Sally Dora Redbird Goodvillage Whitewater (WauNeekShootchWinKah). The braided ends of her finger woven sash are hanging down...

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