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| Assimilation |
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| Discover how the government tried to assimilate Germans and Indians into their culture. |
| The Genesis of Modern Wisconsin |
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| Discovery the history of the Woodland and Middle Mississippean Indian cultures and their relationship to modern Wisconsin. |
| Read about thousands of interviews with small-town residents preserving folklore traditions that would otherwise die out. Includes link to interviews. |
| The Struggles at Home |
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| Discover the how American patriotism during World War I led to Xenophobia and fear of Germans. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and learn more through links to the Oneida website and to visual materials in our collections. |
| A People and Their Structures |
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| Learn how the Effigy Mounds communities that transformed Native American life |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| A brief history of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Visit the links to learn more about Menominee history, culture and community. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Stockbridge-Munsee community in Wisconsin and learn more through links to the band's website and to visual materials in our collections. |
| Brief history of beekeeping and honey production in Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to New Holstein, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| University of Wisconsin student gym suit worn by George Williams, 1933-1934. (Museum object #2005.144.1.1-2) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Decorated trunk brought to Wisconsin from Norway by immigrant Mette Kristina Larsdotter Mokrid, c. 1845. (Museum object #2000.77.1) |
| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Deer hide jacket of Ruel Garnich Baldwin, c. 1915. (Museum object #2005.147.1) |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Black River Falls, Wisconsin. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Learn more on the Ho-Chunk Nation's website about their heritage, culture, and more. |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
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