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Otoe Police

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Description: Otoe Indian police on horseback.
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Cheyenne Police

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Description: The Cheyenne Police, with Tall Bull as their Captain, seen on the right side of the image.
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Police

Date: 1910
Description: Six Ho-Chunk men lined up for a group portrait at the powwow grounds. The men with sticks in their hands are members of the Bear Clan, who act as police fo...
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Arrest at Gresham

Date: 01 27 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard arrest a group of Native Americans during the takeover of the Alexian Brother Novitiate near Gresham. The arrest wa...
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Negotiations at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: Negotiations between Neil Hawpetoss, a leader of the Menominee Warrior Society that had seized the Alexian Novitiate at Gresham in January 1975, and a memb...
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Standoff at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: An unidentified member of the Wisconsin State Patrol points his revolver at several Native Americans at a vehicle checkpoint near Gresham. The State Patrol...

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