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Idols of the Mandan Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Mandan Indian standing before an idol.
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A Blackfoot Indian on Horseback

Date: 1832
Description: A Blackfoot Indian on horseback.
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Fort Clark on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834.
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Photograph

Mayor Schmedeman Greeting Indian Chief

Date: 07 09 1930
Description: Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman greeting Chief Shunatuna, who is on horseback and who is in Madison with the Official United States Indian band at the RKO Orphe...
Photograph

Pontiac Cars Lined Up for the US Indian Band Parade

Date: 07 09 1930
Description: A man on a horse with Pontiac cars lined up on Wisconsin Avenue for the US Indian Band parade with State Capitol in the background. They played a concert a...
Photograph

Indian Children

Date: 1909
Description: A group of four Native American children thought to have been photographed at the Menominee Reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Amer...
Photograph

Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
Photograph

Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
Photograph

Cain Brunoe

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Description: Left side view of Cain Brunoe, an Indian "cowboy," sitting on horseback at the Warm Springs Agency.
Photograph

On Spokane River

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "Spokane river, from a short distance below its head in Coeur d'Alene lake to its confluence with the Columbia, flows through t...
Photograph

Cañon de Chelly — Navaho

Date: 1904
Description: The original caption reads: "A wonderfully scenic spot is this in northeastern Arizona, in the heart of the Navaho country — one of their strongholds, in f...
Photograph

David Goodvillage with Horse and Gear

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, identified as David Goodvillage, is wrapped in a plaid blanket and wearing a hat. He is posing mounted on a white horse loaded with hunting...
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Portrait of David Goodvillage with Horse and Gear

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Description: Portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, identified as David Goodvillage, wrapped in a plaid blanket and wearing a hat. He is posing mounted on a white horse loaded wit...
Photograph

Man Riding Bareback in Marsh

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Description: A man wearing a hat, possibly Ho-Chunk, is mounted bareback on a horse knee-deep in water in a marsh.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man on Horse

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Description: Ho-Chunk man sitting on a horse in a field. In the background near trees is a lodge.
Photograph

Buffalo Hunting

Date: 1907
Description: Photograph of a painting of Native Americans hunting buffalo with spears and bows. Text on photograph reads: "Grand Forks, N.D. Buffalo Hunting- Olden Time...
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Ponca Tribe Adoption

Date: 1908
Description: A view of two men on horses with many banners in the background. This was during the adoption of George Miller of the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal poi...
Map or Atlas

Old Oregon Trail

Date: 1948
Description: This illustrated map shows major westward trails from 1785 to 1866: Old Oregon Trail and its deviations, Old Spanish Trail, Lewis and Clark route, Santa Fe...
Poster

New Mexico and Arizona Rockies

Date: 1925
Description: An original lithograph of a woman buying a necklace from a Native American man. Horseback riders are in the distance. Text at bottom reads: "Land of Histor...

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