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General Information

Ojibwe Storytelling Series

Winter is Storytelling Season
Join the Wisconsin Historical Society to celebrate winter's "storytelling season" with four Ojibwe storytellers.
General Information

Wisconsin Powwows

View a listing of upcoming Wisconsin powwows and read some helpful tips for first-timers and non-Natives.
Feature Story

Jerome P. Arbuckle

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Jerome P. Arbuckle, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Classroom Material

Chapter 3: Wisconsin's First People

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Supplemental materials for Chapter 3 of our 4th-grade history textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Historical Essay

Native American Twilled Basket

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Cherokee twilled basket, probably traded to Wisconsin, mid 19th century. (Museum object #1955.1021)
Historical Essay

Menominee Fancy Dance Bustle

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Fancy dance back bustle made of dyed turkey feathers, Neopit, Wisconsin on the Menominee Reservation, c. 1982. (Museum object # 1982.48.8)
Historical Essay

Hopewellian Human Figurine

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Human figurine fragment made of non-tempered, smoothed clay, c. 100 - 200 A.D., found at Pine River site, Richland County, WI (Museum object #2004.5.1)
Historical Essay

Frontier Clay Pipe Fragment

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Clay pipe bowl found at Sheard Road site, Racine County, Wisconsin. (Museum object #1998.236.249)
Historical Essay

Ho-Chunk Eagle Feather Dance Staff

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Eagle feather dance staff used at 1933 World's Fair by Ho-Chunk dancers from the Wisconsin Dells. (Museum object #2001.49.1)
Online Exhibit

Person to Person: Communicating Identity through Wisconsin Folk Objects

Explore Wisconsin folk objects and learn the stories behind them.
Article

Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes)

Speakers Bureau
Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes) is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.

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