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Frances and Patrick Decorah

Date: 1977
Description: Frances Decorah and her son Patrick at a Pow-wow in South Dakota. She is seated in a lawn chair and Patrick is napping on her lap. Frances is wearing stree...
Photograph

Four Ojibwa

Date: 10 1981
Description: Three Ojibwa women are standing in front of a car. A young person is sitting on the hoodoo the car, and is peeking over the older woman's shoulder. The you...
Book or Pamphlet

Illustrations of Indian Life

Date: 
Description: An illustration depicting various aspects of Indian life, including dancing, a sweat lodge, cooking, and burial of the dead. Indians are referred to as "sa...
Photograph

Ojibwe Dancers

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a group of male and female Ojibwe (Chippewa) dancers forming a circle. They are surrounded by a crowd of white onlookers. The dancers are ...
Photograph

Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of four men sitting outside around a drum while four other men wearing Native American clothing are dancing. In the background are two boys sitting on...
Photograph

Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of five men wearing hats sitting outside in a circle around a drum while five other men dressed in Native American clothing are standing behind the se...
Photograph

Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of four men sitting outside around a drum while four other men wearing Native American clothing are standing off to the left. On the far right an Amer...
Photograph

Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of five men wearing hats sitting outside in a circle around a drum while six other men dressed in Native American clothing are standing behind the sea...
Photograph

Spectators Watching Native American Dance

Date: 1930
Description: View of a Native American man dancing and wearing traditional dress and a headdress. A group of younger boys, some wearing traditional dress, watch him fro...
Photograph

Native American Dance

Date: 
Description: Native American dancer performs for an audience.
Painting

Indian Dancer

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a costumed indian dancer.
Photograph

Indian Dance

Date: 1898
Description: The opening dance of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
Photograph

Indian Dancers

Date: 
Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
Photograph

Indian Dancers

Date: 
Description: Indian dancers at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
Photograph

Indian Dancers

Date: 
Description: Indian dancers on a platform, with drummers in the rear, at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
Photograph

Osage War Dance

Date: 
Description: Osage gather in front of a wooden structure for a war dance.
Photograph

Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
Photograph

Unidentified Man Dancing

Date: 
Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
Print

Scalp Dance of the Minatarres

Date: 1832
Description: Minatarre scalp dance ceremonial gathering.
Print

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of Their Medicine Lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hangkush

Date: 1832
Description: Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their medicine lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hangkush.

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