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| Date: | 08 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Site of a demonstration by Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa against the Northern States Power Company dam on the Chippewa Flowage, Sawyer County. There is an A... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl... |
| Date: | 04 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W... |
| Date: | 01 07 1973 |
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| Description: | The legendary Black Hawk Cave on the south shore of Lake Mendota, where Black Hawk allegedly hid from white troopers during the Black Hawk War. |
| Date: | 04 22 1975 |
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| Description: | Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo... |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 27 1975 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Actor Marlon Brando (center) and Father James Groppi of Milwaukee arrive at the Alexian Novitiate in Gresham. The building had been seized by members of th... |
| Date: | 01 18 1975 |
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| Description: | Negotiations between leaders of the Menominee Warrior Society and the American Indian Movement with General Hugh Simonson (in the Army jacket) of the Wisco... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 26 1970 |
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| Description: | A candid portrait of Olivia King in her kitchen at their home on Rabbit Ridge on the Menominee reservation. |
| Date: | 02 1970 |
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| Description: | Wooden carved mask inspired by Pacific West coast native art styles with an eagle beak and eyes, gaping fish mouth, and fish tail motifs on its cheeks. It ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of Joseph Oiyotte, of the White Earth Tribe, sitting in front of a gun cabinet. There are photographs tucked into the cabinet doors. He is the fat... |
| Date: | 12 1972 |
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| Description: | Ojibwa man standing outdoors near an automobile. The man is wearing a plaid coat, and a cap. In the background are trees and a lake. |
| Date: | 07 03 1973 |
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| Description: | Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visiting Mt. McKay in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Seated between the Queen and Prince is Chief Leonard Pelletier of... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Doris Emery addressing the Tribal Council. She spent many years in Tribal Politics and held various positions; Councilperson (12 years), First Tribal Judge... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a female bowling team named "Hertel Store Lemons." They women are wearing matching peach-colored bowling shirts, and four of the shirts h... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Informal family portrait of Frances (mother), Patrick (son) and Stuart Decorah (father), seated on a sofa. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Frances Decorah and her son Patrick at a Pow-wow in South Dakota. She is seated in a lawn chair and Patrick is napping on her lap. Frances is wearing stree... |
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