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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
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Osage Women and Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Osage women holding children on their backs in infant carriers, with a young girl sitting between the...
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Death Whoop

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Description: "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio.
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Red Cloud Park

Date: 1978
Description: Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl...
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Gaylord Nelson and Native American Woman

Date: 1965
Description: Nelson dances outside with an older Ojibwa woman wearing a traditional beaded dress and headband. Nelson is dressed in a suit and wears a beaded sash; othe...
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Chief Lone West

Date: 1938
Description: "Chief Lone West", Cherokee movie actor from Santa Monica, poses in a headdress near an International truck. According to the original caption, he was also...
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Irene Castle in American Indian Dance Costume

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of the dancer Irene Castle in an American Indian costume with many feathers. It is autographed "Sincerely Yours, Irene Castle."
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"The Goddess of Lost Lake" scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Movie still from the Hodkinson silent film "The Goddess of Lost Lake," featuring Monte Blue as "an Indian prince," according to the caption.
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Studio Portrait of Henry Rice Hill

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed sitting. Henry Rice Hill, wearing native dress, and holding a steel head toma...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posing sitting and wearing native dress, probably Thomas Thunder.
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Studio Portrait of Mrs. Snowball

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of an elderly Native American woman posed standing and wearing native dress, possibly the second Mrs. Luke Snowball.
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Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: Portrait of Menoninee Indian performer in full dress seated for waist-up portrait. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menom...
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Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: Image is an outdoor portrait of a performer wearing a fringed vest, beaded necklace and headdress, and holding a small axe. Member of the Peavey Falls grou...
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Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: The image shows a performer standing and holding a pipe. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in...
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Menominee Indian Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Four generations of men and boys pose for a portrait of Menoninee Indians in full dress standing outdoors near a gate and fence. A sign says: "Indian Vill...

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