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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
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Indian Sugar Makers

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Description: Illustration of an Indian (possibly Menominee) camp of sugar makers.
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Indian Utensils and Arms, objects 1-18

Date: 1832
Description: Indian Utensils and Arms. An engraving illustrating 18 various objects used in ceremonial and daily life of American Indians.
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Wahk-Tä-Ge-Li, a Sioux Warrior

Date: 1832
Description: Engraving of Wahk-Tä-Ge-Li, a Sioux Indian in warrior dress.
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Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief

Date: 1832
Description: Interior of the hut of a Mandan chief showing various objects and animals with five Mandans seated on ground.
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A Skin Lodge of an Assiniboin Chief

Date: 1832
Description: A skin lodge of an Assiniboin Chief. The engraving includes a man on horseback and a dog harnessed to a travois.
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Indian Utensils and Arms

Date: 1832
Description: Indian utensils and arms (views 13-18). Included are a pipe, arrow, moccasin, and possibly a drum and shield.
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Indian Utensils and Arms

Date: 1832
Description: Indian utensils and arms (views 1, 4, and 15). Includes a hoop and pole game (Mandan tribe), and a gunstock type club.
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Indian Utensils and Arms

Date: 1832
Description: Assorted Indian utensils and arms.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Woman Tanning a Buckskin

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman tanning a buckskin. Typical dwellings (chipotekes) are in the background.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Woman Tanning a Buckskin

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman tanning buckskin. Typical dwellings (chipotekes) are in the background.
Photograph

Chief Silver Tongue

Date: 1929
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Ho-Chunk Chief Silver Tongue standing holding an axe. Brick wall, foliage, and blankets in the background.
Drawing

Indian Sugar Camp

Date: 1850
Description: Chippewa Indian Sugar Camp. Plate 61, preceding p. 199, vol. I, The Indian tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, ar...
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Prehistoric Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons, from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
Photograph

Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Boy Dressed in Native American Clothing

Date: 1925
Description: A boy is standing at the entrance to a teepee. He is dressed in Native American clothing, and is holding an axe.
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Parching Wild Rice

Date: 1907
Description: A Chippewa woman parching wild rice in Lac Vieux Desert. Lac Vieux Desert is a 4200 acre Michigan-Wisconsin boundary water in Vilas County.

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