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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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Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation

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Description: Medicine man John King, his wife, grandchild, and family on the Lake Courte Oreilles Chippewa reservation near Couderay.
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Noápeh, an Assiniboin Indian

Date: 1832
Description: Noápeh, an Assiniboin Indian, holding a bow and arrows, and wearing a horned headdress.
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Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Olive, Oliver, and Willard LaMere in Wisconsin Dells (Kilbourn City).
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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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Sioux Indians at St. Paul Ice Carnival

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Description: A Sioux woman is sitting on the ground, and two Sioux men are standing in front of tepees.
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Branching Horns

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Description: Ho-Chunk man; Branching Horns.
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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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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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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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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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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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Menominee Indian Family

Date: 1931
Description: A portrait of a Menominee family in traditional dress. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt.
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Native American Man Wearing Native American Costume

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Description: "John," a Native American wearing a combination of traditional and western dress. Among the western items he is wearing are black velvet, sleigh bells, a f...
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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
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Simon Onanguisse Kahquados

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-1930) of Forest County, Wisconsin, the last hereditary chief of the Potowatomi.
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Tecumsa and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Tecumsa, a Potowatomi, and his family. Tecumsa is standing in the back in the center, and a man is sitting in front of him on a blanket holding up an hatch...
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1900
Description: Two Ho-Chunk men wearing beaded shirts are gathering cranberries (hoocake) alongside a Ho-Chunk woman and a white man and woman. A large group of cranberry...
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Portrait of Midriff or Diaphragm

Date: 02 1899
Description: Studio portrait (Front) of Midriff or Diaphragm in partial native dress with peace medal, headdress and ornaments. Part of Algonquian and Chippewa Tribes.
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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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