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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Pehriska-Ruhpa. Minatarre warrior with bow and arrow in the costume of the dog dance. |
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| Description: | An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather... |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Minatarre scalp dance ceremonial gathering. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Ischohä-Kakoschóchatä, Dance of the Mandan Indians. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their medicine lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hangkush. |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Ceremonial Indian dance (Plate 8). "All tribes have their medicine songs particular for the hunting of each animal they choose to go in pursuit of, and b... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indian dance on snowshoes. (Plate 14). "In the northern latitudes of America, where the winters are long and very severe, from the heavy falls of snow wh... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indian dance, with some wearing bear masks (Plate 18). "Next in importance to the buffalo hunts, and not less exciting and spirited in its character, is ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance. |
| Date: | 03 18 1953 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indians of the Zoar Settlement in Northern Wisconsin performing a dream dance. Standing figures: "Grandma" Dutchman and husband "Charlie." |
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| Description: | View from a distance towards an arbor, with tents and a few awnings surrounding it. A few individuals are sitting underneath in the shade. Possibly a Ho-Ch... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A group of Ho-Chunk women wrapped in shawls gathering at the temporary Ho-Chunk village. Identified as the Homecoming Powwow at the intersection of Main an... |
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| Description: | A view of people standing near three tepees, and with many Native Americans dancing in a circle on a wooden platform. Caption reads: "Reunion of Indians at... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A large group of Ponca Native Americans in the Sun dance, at the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. Caption... |
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| Description: | View of a Native American dancer at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. The event, which began in 1916, is held on the bank of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk women perform the Swan Dance. There is a group of men sitting in a circle next to them. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of men and women in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Green Corn Dance of the Winnebagos. A sign in the background reads: "Si... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Swan Dance. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of dancers in ceremonial clothing, performing the Green Corn dance. There is a teepee among trees in the background. |
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