Learn about the 1832 conflict between the Sauk and Fox Indians and American troops that ended with the surrender of Black Hawk |
Date: | 09 1825 |
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Description: | Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov... |
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Description: | Hand-tinted plate depicting Sauk and Fox Indians on a beach near St. Louis drawn by Karl Bodmer, engraved by Vogel, printed by Bougeard, published by J. Ho... |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Cut-taa-tas-tia, a celebrated Chief of the Fox Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, was drawn at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1... |
Date: | 08 19 1825 |
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Description: | Third page of the Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Sauk, Fox, Menominee, Iowa, Sioux, Winnebago and a portion of the Ottawa, Chippewa, an... |
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Description: | A copy of a portrait of Chief Keokuk (1767–1848), who was an orator of extreme eloquence and noted for his policy of cooperation with the U.S. government. ... |
Artist and Author |
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Biography of author and artist George Catlin, who painted Indians. |
Brief rundown of the events surrounding the series of confrontations between the Meskwaki (Fox) Indians and French, largely fought between 1712 and 1730. |
French Official, Captain and Fur Trader |
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Biography of French Official, Captain and Fur Trader Paul Marin. |
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Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. |
Evidence of First Feasts |
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Take a look at some first hand accounts of the ways Native Americans of Wisconsin celebrated their own Thanksgiving ceremonies. |
A Priest Follows Another Priest's 300-Year-Old Path to Death |
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Learn how Rev. A. A. A. Schmirler traced the path Fr. Rene Menard took in 1661 down northern Wisconsin's rivers to the likely spot of his death. |
Read about the desperate 1832 battle near Madison, WI, of the starving Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo Native Americans against the British and the Ho-Chunk. |
New Tribes Brought to Wisconsin by French Commerce |
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Learn how contact with Europeans, the fur trade and warfare among their tribes drove many Indians to the Wisconsin territory in the 17th century. |
How Native Life was Transformed |
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Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
How the Natives Lost Their Land |
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Learn about the many treaties between the United States government and native tribes. |
A Brief Introduction |
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Read about the Meskwaki People and learn more through links to the Meskwaki Nation website and to visual materials in our collections. |
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