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Ho-Chunk Woman with Baskets

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman with baskets.
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Ho-Chunk Man with Eagle Feather

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Tom Walker wearing an eagle feather headdress and indigenous clothing.
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Portrait of Native American Family

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of the Tom Walker family. They are dressed in indigenous clothing.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman standing. She is the sister of Pete Pettibone.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman standing, Josephine Pettibone, Decorah, Davis.
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

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Description: Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman and child.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman sitting (Pete Pettibone's sister).
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Eagle Dance

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Description: Ho-Chunk Eagle Dance. Two Ho-Chunk men dance in front of two drummers. A group of Ho-Chunk sit on a bench on the right. Tepee in the background.
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Native Americans at the World's Fair

Date: 1932
Description: Group of Native Americans en route to the 1933 World's Fair. The group are members of the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. The man holding the feather flag o...
Postcard

Percy Greendeer

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Description: Full-length portrait of Percy Greendeer of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is wearing traditional Ho-Chunk attire.
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With the Winnebagos

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Description: Composite photograph of scenes of Winnebago Indians.
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Chief Silver Tongue

Date: 1929
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Ho-Chunk Chief Silver Tongue standing holding an axe. Brick wall, foliage, and blankets in the background.
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Big Bear

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ho-Chunk Big Bear, holding a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers.
Postcard

Albert Yellowthunder

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Description: Colorized postcard image of Colonel Chief Albert Yellowthunder of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is wearing traditional native attire and is holding an object, wh...
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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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Winnebago Indian Camp

Date: 1920
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian camp with woman seated on the ground making fry bread. There is a kettle over the fire, with a tripod holding a pot for cookin...
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Coo-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear

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Description: Stereograph of Coo-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear, two Ho-Chunk men sitting on the ground. The man on the left is holding a gun.
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Pipe Dyer's Trading Post

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Description: Two men and one woman in Native American costume stand near a fence and a U.S. flag outside the entrance of Pipe Dyer's Trading Post in Fort Dells. There a...
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Portrait of Branching Horns

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ho-Chunk man Branching Horns in full traditional dress. Caption at bottom: "Among the Winnebago ...
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Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) Winnebago Indian

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) looking off to the right.

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