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Chief Pussafiss
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Portrait of a man standing in a clearing. He is wearing a headband with two feathers and necklaces, and is leaning on a cane. He is identified as Chief Pussafiss, an Ojibwe chief who lived in Solon Springs and died in January 1913.
1913
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
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