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Native American Powwow
1908
Ho-Chunk Chief Winneshiek leads a powwow just North of Main Street in Black River Falls.
Powwow
Group of men and drum posed in front of an arbor and an American flag. Native American powwow held six miles east of town.
Dream Drum Dancers
Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tribal rolls. Men are from left to right: Jim...
Ho-Chunk Men around Drum
March 22, 1905
A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing around a medicine drum, possibly the Dream Dru...
Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Camp and Dance Ritual
Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux camp and dance ritual, including a man wearing a buffalo horn headdress. In the background there are people sitting and standing near tipis. The photogra...
Native Americans Sitting in Circle
A group of Native Americans sit on the ground in a circle while other men, women, and children stand near by. There are power lines in the background.
