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Battle of Bad Axe

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Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
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

Menominee Ceremony

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance.
Photograph

Mrs. Lo and Little Negee

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Description: Stereograph portrait of Mrs. Lo, seated in front of a traditional dwelling, holding her infant Little Negee.
Postcard

Indians in Native Dress

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Description: Group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians in traditional dress. Caption reads: "Indians in Native Dress, Wittenberg, Wis."
Photograph

Oneida Indian Women

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Description: A group portrait of seven Oneida Indian women.
Photograph

Three Menominee Indians

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Menominee Indian man and two Menominee Indian women. The man is holding a decorated ceremonial pipe in his right hand.
Photograph

Three Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length portrait of two Ho-Chunk women standing on either side of an older Ho-Chunk woman who is sitting. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, a blouse,...
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

Potawatomi Women

Date: 1915
Description: Outdoor portrait of three women: (left to right) Martha Philemon of Bark River, Michigan; Mrs. Eve K. Sahpenais, wife of John Yello Bird; and Sarah Sahpena...
Photograph

George Goodvillage and Wife

Date: 01 1892
Description: George Goodvillage and his wife posing on King Street. In the background is a row of commercial buildings. The building on the left is a Saddlery. The tele...
Postcard

Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
Photograph

Chippewa (Ojibwa) Woman and Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and child posing in front of a wigwam, a waginogaan (domed-lodge). The woman is dressed in traditional Native...
Photograph

Oneida Women

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait of three women standing outside against a brick building. All three women are wearing dresses, with shawls covering their shoulders and head...
Photograph

Oneida Woman

Date: 1909
Description: Portrait of a woman, who is wearing a dress and a kerchief knotted around her hair. She is holding some cloth over her arm, and an unidentified object in h...
Photograph

Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians

Date: 1934
Description: Outdoor group portrait of several people, identified collectively as "Pillager [Band] Ojibwa."

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