Photograph
John Mike Jr. and Family
| John Mike Jr. (HayShooKeekah), rear left, pictured with his family. Standing from left to right are daughters Ada Mike (HunkEWinKah), Lizzie Mike (WeHunKah), and Belle (Mattie) Mike (ENooKah). Wife Kate Mike (ENooKeeKah) is sitting with son Dewey Mike (WaHoPinNeKeKah) in her lap. Dewey Mike, who became an army private, was killed in action on August 30, 1918, in France. A member of Company A, 128th Infantry, he was among the twelve thousand Native Americans on active duty during World War I. At the time, most Native Americans were not United States citizens and were not granted citizenship until the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Dewey was honored posthumously in May of 1933 when his mother visited his grave. Kate Mike was the only Native American Gold Star Mother to be invited by the government to visit France. She made the trip despite her limited ability to speak English, laying a wreath of pine boughs from the trees Dewey played beneath when he was a boy on his grave. |
| Image ID: | 62945 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1901 |
| Creator Name: | Van Schaick, Charles |
| City: | Black River Falls |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Charles Van Schaick photographs and negatives, circa 1880-circa 1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (V2)3115 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| This image was used in "People of the Big Voice," published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press (2011). |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Jewelry |
| Shoes |
| Ho Chunk Indians |
| Children |
| Family |
| Men |
| Moustache |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Women |
| Flags |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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