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Chippewa Lodging Framework

Date: 1929
Description: Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepare...
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Native American Mother

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Description: A Chippewa mother with two children at Minocqua, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first ...
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Chippewa Mother

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Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) mother with two children, one of whom is in a cradleboard, at the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about N...
Postcard

Chippewa Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: A postcard of a Native American (Ojibwa) at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt...
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Indians Tanning Deer Hides

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Description: Several Indians tanning a deer hide outside a tipi.
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Girls at Lac du Flambeau Indian School

Date: 1890
Description: Group portrait of young girls who were students at the Lac du Flambeau Indian School.
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Nurse with Native American Girl

Date: 10 1936
Description: A nurse poses outdoors holding a Native American girl at the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation.
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Ahgamahwegezhig (Chief Sky)

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Description: Ahgamahwegezhig (Chief Sky), a Lac du Flambeau Chippewa and the original captor of "Old Abe," mascot of Wisconsin's 8th Volunteer Regiment and Wisconsin's ...
Postcard

Ani-wa-bia, the Medicine Man

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Description: Colorized postcard of a Lac du Flambeau medicine man in traditional dress holding a drum and a knife. Other people are standing behind him. Caption reads: ...
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Lake of the Torches Casino Resort

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Description: View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L...
Postcard

Totem Pole

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Description: View of a pole with cloth fabric hanging on it. The side of a building is on the right. Caption reads: "Totem Pole, Lac du Flambeau, Wis."
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"Big George"

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Description: Portrait of an old Ojibwa man smoking a cigar.

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