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Studio Portrait of Alex Lonetree and his Wife

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alex Lonetree, sitting and his wife, standing. They came to live with the Winnebagos after the last remov...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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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."
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Native Americans and Harvester-Thresher at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 25 1933
Description: Native Americans in traditional dress test a harvester-thresher (combine) in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fai...
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Studio Portrait of Mamie Bearchief and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Both woman are wearing dresses, earrings, and necklaces. The woman on ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

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Description: Full-length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk boys. The men are wear...
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Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman Blanche Blackhawk

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Blanche Blackhawk (Hopinkah) (ENookskaGaKah) standing next to a chair covered in a Racine Woo...
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Studio Portrait of Emma Blackhawk Holt

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing with her right arm on a chair draped with a cloth. She is we...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Snowball Decorra Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), sitting and holding a p...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman sitting and wearing long bead strands. In the background is a painted backdrop. Mary Snowball, Dec...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman posing standing in front of a painted backdrop near a chair. She is holding a wool shawl, and is wearing earrings...
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Studio Portrait of Grace Decorah Whitegull

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman, Grace Decorah Whitegull, posing standing next to a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is holding a wool s...
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Portrait of Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake with Blanket

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake (Real Wampum Woman) (WooRooShiekESkaeWinKah), ...
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Studio Portrait of Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake in Hinukwaje

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake (Real Wampum Woman) (WooRooShiekESkaeWinKah) posing sitting on a prop stone w...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Decorah

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Lucy Decorah (AhHoRaPaNeeWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a wool sha...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop and a studio prop fence. They are wearing white bead necklaces an...

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