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| Native American courting flute carved by Louis Webster, of Menominee, Stockbridge, Potawatomi and Oneida descent, 1994. (Museum object #1996.118.93) |
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| Hammered copper pike from Interstate Park Bison site, Polk County, Wisconsin, c. 1000-4000 B.C. (Museum object #1956.3099) |
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| Army jacket decorated with Native American beadwork worn by Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados of the Forest County Potawatomi. (Museum object #1943.330) |
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| Improvised wild rice threshing machine used on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin, c. 1990. (Museum object #1999.61.5) |
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| Clay pipe bowl found at Sheard Road site, Racine County, Wisconsin. (Museum object #1998.236.249) |
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| Concrete walleye decoy purchased at PARR Rally in Minocqua, Wisconsin, April 15, 1989. (Museum object #1990.178.1) |
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| Sturgeon decoy carved and painted by Ojibwe artist John V. Snow. (Museum Object #1996.118.106A-B) |
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| Eagle feather dance staff used at 1933 World's Fair by Ho-Chunk dancers from the Wisconsin Dells. (Museum object #2001.49.1) |
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| Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1) |
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| Reebok baby shoes beaded by Ho-Chunk artist Linda Lucero, c. 1990. (Museum object #1993.102A-B) |
| From Sacred Calumets to Ashtrays |
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| Discover the important role that tobacco and the Peace Pipe have played throughout Wisconsin's history. |
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| Decorated shell-tempered pot from the OT site (47-LC-0262), 1500-1625. (Museum object #1995.218.39) |
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| Maple sugar container made by missionary Rosalie Dousman, mid-1800s. (Museum object #1969.419) |
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| Ojibwe pipe presented to Wisconsin territorial governor James Duane Doty, 1844. (Museum object #1955.399,A) |
| Read about the Austrian born missionary who worked with many groups of Native Americans and settlers in the upper Midwest. |
| A Bizarre Story of Land Prospecting Gone Awry |
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| Read the amazing story of a man who watched his potential 10,000-square-mile northern Wisconsin empire disappear into thin air. |
| Buffalo and O-Sho-Ga Protest Forced Removal |
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| Discover how two Ojibwe chiefs traveled to Washington DC and negotiated with President Millard Fillmore to keep rights to their land. |
| An Unreliable Text and Other Evidence |
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| Wisconsin History books teach that Jean Nicolet was the first white person to reach the state, but he may have been the second. |
| A Warrior Prepared to Die is Disappointed |
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| Discover the story of a Ho-Chunk warrior who surrenders and is grieved at receiving a fair trial. |
| Some Interesting Stories of the Winnebago Chief |
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| Read about Ho-Chunk Chief Dandy's interesting and friendly interactions with white settlers in Wisconsin, even while he was a fugitive. |
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