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George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
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Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) Winnebago Indian

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) looking off to the right.
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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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Prominent Menominee Men

Date: 1910
Description: A group of prominent Menominee: (from left to right) Wisanokwut, Wiuskasit, Thomas Hog, Kesoafomesao, Louise Amore (or Amour), and Judge Perrote. This pho...
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Chief Cloud

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Description: Chief Cloud, in center, of the Chippewa Indians (Ojibwa) standing outdoors with other men.
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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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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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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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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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Ho-Chunk Man in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man in regalia. The background around him has been whited out. He is wearing a beaded collar, earrings, a decorat...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing and wearing regalia, including wampum strings. Behind them is a prop stone wall. Standing (l...
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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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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man sitting and wearing modern dress, flanked by two Ho-Chunk women standing and wearing several necklaces and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length portrait of Dora Youngswan (DCooMonEWinKah), left, and Fannie Youngswan (ENaKahKah). They are sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Woman in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Henukaw Davis, Rogue. She is wearing several necklaces, earrings, rings, streamer, moccasins. A ribbon work skirt with a pla...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank C. Thunder (son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder). He is standi...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man in Regalia

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Winnesheik posing standing. He has his right hand on a prop wooden fence, and is wearin...
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Copy Photograph of Ho-Chunk Man in Regalia

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Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posed standing outside a building wearing a Sioux Bonnet, woodland design breech cloth, beaded shirt, bandoleer, and gart...

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