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Comanche Combat

Date: 09 1890
Description: Combat between a Comanche (left) and a Kiowa (right) done by a Comanche boy, at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Oklahoma.
Photograph

Natwe Family

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Description: Group portrait of the Natwe Family with three women, three men, a boy, and a puppy.
Photograph

Man and Child in Open Wigwam

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Description: A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man and child inside a wigwam with the sides rolled up. A cat is walking in the grass in front of the man.
Print

Indian Prophet's Lodge

Date: 1855
Description: An illustration of an Indian prophet standing by his lodge, which has symbols drawn on and floating above it. Others are seated, watching him. Two persons ...
Photograph

Mrs. Charles Belille (Belisle?)

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Description: Informal portrait of Mrs. Charles Belille, standing with a man and a child (possibly her husband and their child). The man is wearing traditional Ojibwe ce...
Photograph

Isham Family

Date: 1898
Description: Ira Robinson Isham family at the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. From left to right: Isham's son-in-law, Isham, his daughter, and Indian medicine m...
Photograph

Chief Ma-ko-day and Family

Date: 07 1916
Description: St. Croix Ojibwa Chief Ma-Ko-day (Chief Peter Bearheart) and his wife, grandson, and another unidentified person in front of their birch wigwam located in ...
Postcard

John and Mary Canoe with Children and Visitors

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Description: Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children."

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