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Chippewa Woman Cooking Bear Meat
1907
Chippewa woman standing outdoors stirring one of three pots suspended over an open fire.
Chippewa Indians near a Stretched Bear Hide
1907
View towards a Lac Vieux Desert Chippewa man standing with two children, a boy wearing a hat and suspenders, and a girl wearing a dress. They are standing in front of a bear hide stretched on poles...
Ottawa Family with Car
1907
An Ottawa family in traditional dress pose next to a car with a white man. The car is decorated with American flags as though for a special occasion.
Chippewas Gathering Wild Rice
Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe.
Wild Rice Harvest
before 1960
An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
Thomas Family Home
1890
Home of the Thomas Family at Lac Vieux Desert, built in 1860, and housed the Lac Vieux Desert Trading Post. Seated on the doorstep are Mrs. Leonard Thomas, mother of Louis, and her daughter Katie. ...
