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Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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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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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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Native American Women on Water Street

Date: 1911
Description: A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi...
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Cutting Roots for Medicine

Date: 09 1923
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) women cutting roots for medicine. A quilt hangs on a line in the background and a chicken walks near the women.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Girl

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Description: Belle Mattie Mike "ENooKah" (First Daughter), daughter of John Mike, Jr. "HayShooKeeKah" (One Horn) and his wife, Kate Littleblackhawk "ENooNeeKah" (Woman)...
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Native Americans Sitting in Circle

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Description: A group of Native Americans sit on the ground in a circle while other men, women, and children stand near by. There are power lines in the background.
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Native American Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk Chief Winneshiek leads a powwow just North of Main Street in Black River Falls.
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Native American Dancing by Drums

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Description: A Native American man dances near a line of drums, possibly a powwow.
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Copy Photograph of Six Native American Men

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Description: Copy photograph of six Native American men standing outdoors wearing Sioux bonnets, and original print inscribed "Riverview Boat Line Indian Guides." Possi...
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Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Man and Horse

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Description: Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux man posed standing outdoors, holding a feathered spear and wearing a large bonnet. He is standing next to a hors...
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Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Camp and Dance Ritual

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Description: Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux camp and dance ritual, including a man wearing a buffalo horn headdress. In the background there are people sitt...
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Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Woman and Girl

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Description: Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux woman posed outdoors standing with a Native American/Sioux girl. Both are dressed in regalia. The photograph is ...
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Copy Photograph of a Native American/Sioux Camp

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Description: Copy photograph of a Native American/Sioux camp including a large group of people, tipis, and a long lodge. The photograph is inscribed, "Indian Village Be...
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Ho-Chunk Boys and Dogs near Summer Lodge

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Description: A small Ho-Chunk boy is sitting on the ground. Behind him is a Ho-Chunk summer lodge placed among trees. Inside the lodge are two dogs and another Ho-Chunk...
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Three Ho-Chunk Women and Infant in Front of Log House

Date: 1910
Description: View across yard towards three unidentified women and an infant posing in front of a log home located near Wittenberg. It seemed strange to many Ho-Chunk t...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman near Winter Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing in front of a Ho-Chunk winter lodge. The man is reportedly blind. In the background there is a horse and snow on t...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man in Lodge Doorw ay

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Description: An Elderly Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in the doorway of a lodge. He has a fringed shawl wrapped around him and is wearing a head covering, necklaces, ...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Ho-Chunk Girl Posing Near Lodge

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and holding a cane, and a Ho-Chunk girl standing next to her, are outside the closed doorway of a Ho-Chunk lodge i...

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