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Red Cliff Reservation Cemetery

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Description: Man posing by a gate in the Red Cliff Indian Reservation cemetery.
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Mound and Barn

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Description: View of large platform mound with small barn in the foreground. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink.
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Delavan Burial Mounds Marker

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Description: View of a rock with a plaque that reads: "Group of Prehistoric Indian Burial Mounds and Winnebago Village Site. Marked by the Delavan Woman's Club - May 19...
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Chief Red Bird

Date: 1963
Description: Statue of Winnebago Indian Chief Red Bird, with Lake Winnebago in the background.
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Winnebago Indian Monument

Date: 1920
Description: In recognition of the loyalty and patronage of the Winnebago Indians.
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Visitors Watch a Burial Mound Excavation

Date: 1935
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Outing Club watch the excavation of a burial mound at the Outlet group in 1935.
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Burial Mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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Description: An unusual burial mound in the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, prior to its excavation by Charles E. Brown.
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Mounds on Edgewood Drive

Date: 1915
Description: A row of conical burial mounds adjoins the Park and Pleasure Drive on the north shore of Lake Wingra (now Edgewood Drive, at the south edge of Edgewood Col...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
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Boy and Girl on First Street

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Description: View of two small Native American children standing on the city scale. Across the street is a horse-drawn wagon near commercial buildings.
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Native American Women on Water Street

Date: 1911
Description: A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi...
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Ho-Chunk Man with Beard

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Description: Studio portrait of a profile of a bearded Ho-Chunk man wearing a shirt and suspenders.
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Military Parade on Main Street

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Description: Crowds of individuals assembled on the sides of the street to watch parading soldiers, and Native Americans riding horses. Looking east on Main Street from...
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Native American "Trail Tree"

Date: 1920
Description: View of a supposed Indian "trail tree," on former Mercer's addition or subdivision, now the corner of Elm and Van Hise Streets near Madison West High Schoo...
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Indian "Trail Tree"

Date: 1920
Description: View of a supposed Indian "trail tree," on former Mercer's addition or subdivision, now the corner of Chestnut and Van Hise Streets, near Madison West High...
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"Trail Tree" in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 1920
Description: View of a supposed Indian "trail tree" on former Mercer's addition or subdivision, now the corner of Chestnut and Van Hise Streets, near Madison West High ...
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Old Indian "Trail Tree"

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Description: View of a supposed Indian "trail tree" on former Mercer's addition or subdivision, now the corner of Elm and Van Hise Streets, near Madison West High Schoo...
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Marquette Statue

Date: 1960
Description: Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s...
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Native Americans Sitting in Circle

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Description: A group of Native Americans sit on the ground in a circle while other men, women, and children stand near by. There are power lines in the background.
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Native American Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk Chief Winneshiek leads a powwow just North of Main Street in Black River Falls.

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