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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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Spirit of the Northwest

Date: 1920
Description: "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a Menominee, Claude Alloue...
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Spirit of the Northwest Monument

Date: 1950
Description: "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a member of the Fox Tribe,...
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Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the right is sitting on a mule wearing a Sioux headdress along with other regalia, in a field in front of tents and trees. A European Ame...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule in a Field

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the left is posing mounted on a mule, and is wearing a Sioux headdress among other regalia. A European American man is posing standing on...
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Ho-Chunk Group near Tents in a Field

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men and three Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of tents in a field. The women are wrapped in plaid fringed shawls, and the men are we...
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Two Ho-Chunk Women Posing Outdoors

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk women outdoors posing standing in a field in front of some bushes. They are wearing long dresses, several necklaces, file bracelets, and tradi...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Girls in a Field

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Description: A woman and two Ho-Chunk girls are standing outdoors in a field. The woman on the left is wrapped in a shawl. The face of a girl can be seen just behind he...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child Near Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman and small child in front of a Ho-Chunk lodge. The woman and child are looking to the side. In the background are trees and shrubs.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men wearing hats and a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a shawl are posing outdoors sitting on a bench in front of a corrugated metal building.
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk Woman in Field with Tents

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman walking in a field. In the background are several white tents, possibly an encampment for a cranberry harvest.
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Portrait of Joe Bear Heart and Wife Posing Outdoors

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the ground in a clearing with trees in the background. She is sitting cross-legged and is holding an ea...
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Ho-Chunk Log Grave House

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area.
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Ho-Chunk Women in Buffalo Dance Lodge

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk people standing in the rear of a Buffalo Dance Lodge. The Buffalo Dance would take place in the spring, when the grass was long enough ...
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Frame of a Ho-Chunk Lodge in Clearing

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Description: Frame of a Ho-Chunk lodge without fabric or skins on a snow-covered field. Probably a medicine lodge at Morrison Creek Bottoms. Two wagons are under a tree...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Horses in Wooded Area

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Description: Ho-Chunk women are sitting wrapped in shawls in a stand of trees. A dog is sitting with them. There is a group of horses and a wagon in the background. Pro...
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Ho-Chunk Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges with flaps raised. A few individuals are visible inside, and there is a dog on the left. Probably a swan dance lodge and war bundle feast. ...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...

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