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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
Postcard

First Peace Council ever Held between Chippewas and Siouxs

Date: 1896
Description: Colored postcard view of "Buffalo Bill" Cody center right in white coat and hat surrounded by Native Americans in traditional garb, military personnel and ...
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Menominee Man Standing in a Canoe

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Description: View across water of a Menominee man standing in a canoe in a marsh. He is holding a paddle in his hand. Behind him on the left is another canoe with three...
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Decorative Pottery Patterns

Date: 1945
Description: Drawings of pottery bowls with decorations characteristic of the Oneota Aspect. Figures 1-8: Orr patterns; 9-18: Grand River patterns; 19-28: Lake Winnebag...
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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...
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Two Ojibwa Women

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Description: Two Ojibwa women in the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake standing in front of a doorway. They are wearing traditional Indian attire, including beaded bandolier ba...
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...
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Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day

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Description: Cabinet card of Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day. He is seated on a decorative stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. At his feet is dried grass. He is wea...
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: Ojibwa man dressed in traditional Native American clothing with a blanket over his arm. He is holding a tomahawk.
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: An Algonquin Ojibwa man dressed in traditional Native American clothing, with a blanket over his arm.
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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...
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Nadonis Shawa

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Nadonis Shawa wearing a feathered headdress and traditional Native American clothing.
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: Caption on reverse reads: "An old Chippewa Indian meditates as he puffs a new-fangled pipe of peace." He is seated on a hillock of grass with a pole in one...
Print

Chippewa Lodge

Date: 1884
Description: A completed Chippewa (Ojibwa) lodge and a lodge under construction. A Native American woman is stitching something on the completed lodge. Another Native A...
Postcard

Bi-wa-bik-konse

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Description: Photographic postcard of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) man, Iron Cloud, Bi-wa-bik-konse, posing in traditional Native American clothing. One of the ornaments on his ...
Photograph

Chief Skenandoah

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of Chief Elijah Skenandoah, a Turtle Clan chief of the Oneida nation. He moved to Wisconsin from New York in the 1830s, along with a group of Onei...
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Dwelling of Louise Fowler

Date: 09 14 1936
Description: View toward a wooden house, surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "This ancient dwelling of Louise Fowler, a pioneer Brothertown Indian, is the only dwelling...

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