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Painting

Iometah

Date: 1858
Description: Portrait of Iometah.
Drawing

Cartoon of Indian Powwow

Date: 
Description: Ho-Chunk Indian chasing white spectators from pow wow. Copy negative by Charles Van Schaick, cartoon by David Goodvillage.
Print

A Fur Trader in the Council Tepee

Date: 02 1892
Description: Engraving of a fur trader standing in the middle of a circle of seated Indians in their council tepee.
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.
Print

Chief Wi-Jun-Jon

Date: 1844
Description: A portrayal of the effects of contact with whites on the Assiniboine chief, Wi-Jun-Jon.

(Plate 25). "In offering this illustration to the reader, I am re...

Photograph

Native Americans near Keshena

Date: 
Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
Print

Ke-wa-din

Date: 1835
Description: Ke-wa-din, or the North Wind, a Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Fond du Lac (1826...
Print

Wa-em-boesh-kaa, a Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: Wa-em-boesh-kaa, a Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Fond du Lac (1826). He is smok...
Book or Pamphlet

Pawnee Torture

Date: 1884
Description: A engraving of the artist's conception of Pawnees torturing a female captive in the Morning Star Sacrifice ceremony.
Print

Death Whoop

Date: 
Description: "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio.
Photograph

Jackson County Jail

Date: 
Description: Native American man, possibly John Swallow, smoking a pipe near a barred window, possibly a jail, except the window has panes and curtains, and at his feet...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Kaleidoscope

Date: 09 14 1970
Description: Cover of "Kaleidoscope," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Native American Chief Sitting Bull, highlighted with red.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Two Men Drinking at a Table

Date: 
Description: A studio portrait of two men, both wearing hats, seated at a small table, drinking and smoking in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Henry...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Native Americans

Date: 
Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Will Thunder

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Henry Thunder and George Funmaker Sr.

Date: 1888
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing regalia, including a finger-braided shawl on the man on the righ...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Henry Thunder and Old George Funmaker

Date: 
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing regalia, including a finger-braided shawl on the man on the righ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear...

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