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Village of Folle-Avoines

Date: 1842
Description: A Menominee village as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited the Green Bay area about 1838. The detailed, ...
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Columbus Meets with a Cacique in Marien Province, Haiti

Date: 1655
Description: Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492.
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American-Indian Youth Gathered Around International Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small...
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Ho-Chunk and European American Crowd at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Groups of Ho-Chunk and non-Indians gathering on the streets of Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration.
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Arbor with United States Flag

Date: 1895
Description: This arbor was erected for a celebration with the Ojibwe, who traveled from their reservation in northern Wisconsin to participate in the Winnebago-Chippew...
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Group near Brush Pile and Fence

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Description: View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow.
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Ho-Chunk Man Performing Handstand

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Description: Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing on the left. There is a child sitting in one of several horses horse-drawn wagons...
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Ho-Chunk Encampment in a Field

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Description: View from field of a Ho-Chunk encampment in a field surrounded by trees, probably a powwow and/or medicine dance site.

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