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Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
Photograph

Judging Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A man in a light-colored overcoat, possibly Joseph Wojta, standing behind a sheep being inspected by two other men. A group, including men, women and child...
Photograph

Charlotte Buffalo

Date: 1920
Description: Mrs. Antoine Buffalo, Jr., posing in a field at the edge of a wood. She is a member of the Chippewa (Ojibwe) tribe, and a farmer. On the right are several ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Battle of St. Croix Falls Historic Marker

Date: 07 26 1964
Description: The newly crowned beauty queens and attendants from St. Croix Falls and neighboring Taylors Falls stand with Willis Erickson (right), president of the Polk...
Photograph

Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration at the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Flag and Standard bearers are lined up behind the speakers. In the backgroun...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 11 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol building against Assembly Bill 620. On the left are 3 flags.
Photograph

Two Ojibwa Women

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Description: Two Ojibwa women in the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake standing in front of a doorway. They are wearing traditional Indian attire, including beaded bandolier ba...
Postcard

Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
Photograph

Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day

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Description: Cabinet card of Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day. He is seated on a decorative stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. At his feet is dried grass. He is wea...
Photograph

Ojibwa Man

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Description: Ojibwa man dressed in traditional Native American clothing with a blanket over his arm. He is holding a tomahawk.
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Ojibwa Man

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Description: An Algonquin Ojibwa man dressed in traditional Native American clothing, with a blanket over his arm.
Photograph

Chippewa (Ojibwa) Woman and Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and child posing in front of a wigwam, a waginogaan (domed-lodge). The woman is dressed in traditional Native...
Photograph

Nadonis Shawa

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Nadonis Shawa wearing a feathered headdress and traditional Native American clothing.
Photograph

Ojibwa Man

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Description: Caption on reverse reads: "An old Chippewa Indian meditates as he puffs a new-fangled pipe of peace." He is seated on a hillock of grass with a pole in one...
Photograph

Native American Man

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Description: A Native American man from the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake area in Minnesota. He is probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Behind him are paddles leaning on a tree and ...
Print

Chippewa Lodge

Date: 1884
Description: A completed Chippewa (Ojibwa) lodge and a lodge under construction. A Native American woman is stitching something on the completed lodge. Another Native A...
Postcard

Bi-wa-bik-konse

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Description: Photographic postcard of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) man, Iron Cloud, Bi-wa-bik-konse, posing in traditional Native American clothing. One of the ornaments on his ...
Photograph

Native American Children

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Description: Four Native American children pose outdoors in the snow. On the right, a girl holds an infant. On the left, another girl holds a child by the hand. In the ...
Photograph

Two Women Pose Together

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Description: Angeline Oiyotte Johnson poses with an unknown woman.
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Native American Infant

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Description: A Native American infant, nestled in a deer hide, is posed sitting up in a depression in a snowbank. In the background are trees, a dwelling and a tree hou...

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