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Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder)

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Description: Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder), a 120-year-old Winnebago warrior chief, posing in front of a typical dwelling (chipoteke), with two men leaning against ...
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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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Annie Massey and Hester Decorah Lowery on a Street in Town

Date: 1915
Description: Annie Massey (KeKoRaSinchKah), left, and Hester Decorah Lowery (NoGinWinKah). Hester lived to be well over one hundred years old.
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Ho-Chunk Man and Dog

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and a dog walking near their home and cooking tent. The sides are rolled up to allow air to flow through.
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Studio Portrait of Green Grass

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man, Green Grass (HaWinChoKah). He is posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, and is wearing a...
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Studio Portrait of Mary Thunderchief Snowball

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk elder, Mary Thunderchief Snowball (WaSayMaKaWinKah), posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is holding ...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1925
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket and eyeglasses, and is ident...
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Older Ho-Chunk Man Green Grass with Pistol and Dog

Date: 1880
Description: Green Grass (HaWinChoKah), in period dress with the exception of his Ho-Chunk moccasins. He is holding a pistol, and his dog is lying next to his chair on ...
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Portrait of Two Older Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two older Ho-Chunk women posing in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left, Rachel Funmaker Winneshiek (HockJawKooWinKah), is...
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Sam Blowsnake

Date: 1956
Description: Sam Blowsnake prepares to shoot an arrow with his bow as a crowd of people watches behind him.
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man Henry Rice Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man Henry Rice Hill (SanJanMonEKah), posing in front of a painted backdrop. Henry was a privat...
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Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
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Studio Portrait of Henry Thunder

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Description: Elderly Ho-Chunk man, Henry Thunder, posing making a gesture with his hand inside a tent with light rays.
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man James Bird

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, trousers, and a hat with a United ...
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Studio Portrait of Betsy Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and wearing several necklaces. Betsy Thunder, who was reportedly a medicine woman.
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Snowball Decorra Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), sitting and holding a p...
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John Davis in Modern Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of John Davis posing sitting and wearing a white shirt, tie, eyeglasses, and a hat. He is sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket and button-down shirt. Probably Mohee...
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Studio Portrait of Betsy Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces, earrings, file bracelets, and a ribbon work sk...
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Elderly Native American Couple

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly Native American couple, with the husband seated wearing a suit jacket and trousers, and his wife standing to his left in fr...

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