Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites!
Follow links to documents by missionaries, traders, Indian agents, linguists and anthropologists which help preserve more than 20 endangered languages. |
Follow online links to rare American Indian language primary documents, including early dictionaries, textbooks, spelling books and firsthand accounts. |
View a listing of upcoming Wisconsin powwows and read some helpful tips for first-timers and non-Natives. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt. |
Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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Nationally recognized social worker, community organizer, who led the successful campaign to restore federal recognition of the Menominee Tribe. |
Teach your students about how snowshoes were a part of the pioneer experience in Wisconsin |
Students will learn more about the history of their own family as well as the larger history of immigration to Wisconsin |
Use the 1829 speech by Little Elk, Ho-Chunk orator, to learn more about Ho-Chunk views on Euro-American cultures |
Use the 1673 journal of Father Jacques Marquette to introduce students to the early exploration of Wisconsin |
Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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Supplemental materials for Chapter 3 of our 4th-grade history textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
Teaching Materials |
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Teaching materials for use with the 2nd Edition of Patty Lowe's "Indian Nations of Wisconsin." |
Supplemental teaching materials for 'Native People of Wisconsin' |
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Interactive whiteboard resources designed for use with Patty Loew's "Native People of Wisconsin" for the 4th grade classroom. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Field Trip |
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Take a field trip to the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison! Students will learn about Wisconsin archaeology, the fur trade, and native people. |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro... |
Date: | 05 1849 |
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Description: | Deserted Pawnee village in Nebraska. Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon... |
Date: | 1829 |
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Description: | Watercolor miniature of Isaac Winnesheek, Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief. |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du... |
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Description: | Painted portrait of Souligny, a chief of the Menominees. He is depicted wearing a James Madison Peace Medal. |
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