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Dream Drum Dancers
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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 Swallow, William Massey(Massie), Thomas Thunder, George Eagle and Ben Thunder Cloud. They are all dressed in regalia, except for Ben Thundercloud, who is wearing a shirt, tie, and hat.
Van Schaick, Charles
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum
1908
Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, identified from left to right as: Jim Swallow, ...
Powwow Group
1908
Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William Massey (ChawRoCooChayKah), George Eagle (W...
Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants
This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), William Hinsley (Hensley), John Highsnake (...
Native American Dancing by Drums
A Native American man dances near a line of drums, possibly a powwow.
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...
Five Generations Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family
Five generation studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. Sitting (l to r) Great-Great-Grandmother, Nancy Brown; Great-Grandmother, Lucy Goodvillage, Blowsnake; Grandmother, Annie Blowsnake, Thunderclo...
