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Location of Indian Settlements in Wisconsin

Date: 1962
Description: A map showing the location of Indian settlements in Wisconsin, indicating the settlements of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, at St. Croix, Lac Courte Oreilles, Re...
Photograph

Chief Ma-ko-day and Family

Date: 07 1916
Description: St. Croix Ojibwa Chief Ma-Ko-day (Chief Peter Bearheart) and his wife, grandson, and another unidentified person in front of their birch wigwam located in ...
Photograph

Governor Philipp with Ojibwe Chief

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp hearing the petition of a St. Croix Ojibwe (Chippewa) Chief during a Victory Celebration on the Courte Oreilles reservation for t...
Postcard

First Peace Council ever Held between Chippewas and Siouxs

Date: 1896
Description: Colored postcard view of "Buffalo Bill" Cody center right in white coat and hat surrounded by Native Americans in traditional garb, military personnel and ...
Photograph

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Camp Fire Girls and Indian "Chief"

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored group portrait of Camp Fire girls and a man dressed in Ojibwa-style floral embroidered/beaded clothing and a Plains Indian feathered headdress...
Historical Essay

Wisconsin's Name: Where it Came From and What it Means

Learn about the origin, and the many spellings and multiple meanings of "Wisconsin."
Postcard

Indian Bowl

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Description: View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems.
Photograph

Mission Church

Date: 1933
Description: The Catholic church of St. Francis Solanus is located on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. The church was built 1923-1924 of native pipestone under the ...
Photograph

Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1852
Description: Group portrait of members of the La Pointe Band (now known as the Bad River La Pointe Band) of the Ojibwe Nation awaiting annuity payment at La Pointe. Non...
Document

Ojibwe Treaty

Date: 1864
Description: This document, sometimes cited as the “Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864,” was carried by an Ojib...
Painting

Forming the Bow or Stem

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Description: An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Completed Bow or Stem

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Description: An Ojibwa man shows a completed bow or stem for a canoe that he's constructing. Behind the man is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Whittling Strips for Sides

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Description: An Ojibwa Indian whittles strips of wood for the sides of a canoe under construction. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Cutting Cedar For Ribs

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Description: An Ojibwa Indian man is splitting cedar wood to make ribs for the canoe he's constructing.
Painting

Splitting Cedar for Framework

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Description: An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby.
Painting

Homeward Bound

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Tying With Wigub

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Description: An Ojibwa man sits on the ground tying cedar materials with wigub as a woman looks on. The cedar will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Rolling Up the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

One Large Sheet

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Removing Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe.

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