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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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Sioux Give Away Horses

Date: 1897
Description: Sioux give away horses at the Rosebud Agency. A large group of people are watching from a shelter on the left covered with branches.
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Indian Dancers

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Description: Indian dancers on a platform, with drummers in the rear, at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Native American Event

Date: 1904
Description: A group of people watches an event, possibly put on by the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico.
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Native American Event

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Description: A group of people watching an event, possibly put on by the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico.
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Sioux Tepees

Date: 1898
Description: Sioux tepees at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Apaches

Date: 1898
Description: Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Apaches

Date: 1898
Description: Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Sauk-Foxes

Date: 1898
Description: Sauk-Foxes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Indian Dance

Date: 1898
Description: The opening dance of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Captain Joseph Black Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Captain Joseph Black Eagle (Waubli Sapa), Sioux, with a man and a woman at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Cheyenne Indians

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Description: Bear Louse, Hubble Big Horse, and Pratt, Cheyenne Indians, at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Dr. War Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Dr. War Eagle shoots at a target using a bow and arrow at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Menominee Corpus Christi Ceremony

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Description: Members of the Menominee tribe pose during the Corpus Christi celebration, possibly held at the Keshena chapel. Pictured are, from left to right, Clara Chi...
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A Medicine Pipe — Piegan

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and...
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Red Cliff Indian Reservation

Date: 1913
Description: Powwow at the Red Cliff Indian Reservation on the shores of Lake Superior.
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Red Cliff Indian Reservation

Date: 1913
Description: Native American at a Red Cliff Indian Reservation Powwow on the shores of Lake Superior.
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Outdoor Portrait of Twelve Ho-Chunk Women and Girls

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Description: Outdoor portrait of twelve Ho-Chunk women and girls posing standing and sitting in front of several trees, possibly at a powwow. They are all wearing many ...
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Copy Photograph of Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posing standing outside tents, possibly at a powwow. They are dressed in full regalia, including headdresses, bandolee...
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Ho-Chunk Medicine Lodge

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Description: Unidentified Ho-Chunk women sitting outside of a Medicine Lodge, whose sides are rolled up to allow airflow. Only members of the Medicine Lodge were allowe...

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