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Tipi Frame

Date: 1907
Description: The wooden frame of an Indian tipi (teepee) among trees in the woods.
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Indian Church

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of a church in an Indian village.
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Indians at Tamarack

Date: 1907
Description: Two people, probably Ojibway, posing together wearing hats and elaborately beaded garments, with blouses with puffy sleeves. They are standing in front of ...
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Indian Cache

Date: 1911
Description: A birch bark Indian cache weighted down with stones. There is rolled birch bark protruding from beneath it.
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Indian Artifacts

Date: 1911
Description: Display of mostly wooden Indian artifacts, which were seen near Quetico Lake.
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Mac Laren Family Indian Grave

Date: 1911
Description: A dilapidated grave near Mac Laren's Hudson's Bay Company Store and Sturgeon Lake. The coffin is covered with birch bark.
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Indian Drum

Date: 1911
Description: An Indian drum with a wooden mallet.
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Medicine Man Cache

Date: 1911
Description: A forgotten Indian cache in poor condition assembled by a Medicine Man. The contents include a green skull cap with a fur band, a tool for scraping hair fr...
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Indian Graves

Date: 1911
Description: Two graves built side by side within a birch branch enclosure. Each grave has an individual wooden fence around it.
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Tipi

Date: 1911
Description: Carl standing and looking through the entrance of a tipi (teepee) near Rainy Lake.
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Kettle Falls

Date: 1911
Description: "Old Bill," a Native American, is carrying a basket or box outdoors in Kettle Falls. There is a large wooden building behind him.
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Indian Women in Canoes

Date: 1911
Description: Indian women paddle their canoes on Rainy Lake. Other people and dogs are on the shore.
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Indian Settlement

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view of an Indian settlement on Moose River near Namakan Lake.
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Tipi at Indian Settlement

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two children and a man posing near a tipi (teepee) at an Indian settlement near Moose River.
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Two Indian Men

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two Indian men posing together at a settlement near Moose River. The man on the left is wearing an embroidered shirt that is probably made of leather. The ...
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Young Indian Man

Date: 08 1915
Description: A young man wearing beaded bandolier bags. He is holding what appears to be a tobacco pipe.
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Indian Family

Date: 08 1915
Description: A father and his three young daughters posing together in an open structure made of branches.
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Indian Women

Date: 08 1915
Description: Three women posing together in a wickiup.
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Indian Family

Date: 08 1915
Description: A woman posing with two young girls who are probably her daughters. They're sitting on a bench outside a log house, with the Moose River in the background.
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Two Indian Women

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two elderly women posing in front of a tipi (teepee) at a settlement near Moose River.

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