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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Sewing room at Lac du Flambeau U.S. Government School for Indian children. Female students posed at their sewing machines and work tables. |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Menominee Indian chief Aquanama and Menominee Indian Paul Ackenebowa, seated, facing front, both wearing hats, coats and n... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is we... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A group of locally important Potawatomi Indians, apparently photographed in a government or law office at Escanaba, Michigan. Left to right standing are Fr... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Potawatomi Indian, Michicott. |
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| Description: | Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, celebrated Chippewa (Ojibwa) chief. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Native Americans, two older men and a young girl, possibly Winnebagos. "Silbing Bear" is written on... |
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| Description: | Women and girls sewing in a room at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix. |
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| Description: | Women and girls dine around a table at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix. |
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| Description: | Several men milk cows at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix. |
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| Description: | John Young, Potawatomi Indian Chief near Marshfield. He came to Wisconsin from Illinois about 1840. He is buried in the Indian Village at McCord, Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn... |
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| Description: | Children play in a classroom at the Winnebago school in Neillsville. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Tintype of Michael De Perry and unidentified child. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of young girls who were students at the Lac du Flambeau Indian School. |
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