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Valley of the Minnesota (St. Peter's) River

Date: 1884
Description: Lithographic engraving depicting two people on a bluff overlooking a river. Several canoes are present on the river. Caption reads: "'Valley of the Minneso...
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Cao Tou See

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a man with a feathered hat and scarf or kerchief. Identified as "Cao Tou See, an Ojibwa."
Historical Object

Beaded Reebok Baby Shoes

Date: 1990
Description: A pair of Reebok baby shoes, beaded by Ho-Chunk artist Linda Lucero. The beads are glass and the shoes were probably never worn.
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Okee-Makee-Quid

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Description: Painted portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with buffalo horns. He is wearing a cloak with an animal face in front, and he is holding a war club and...
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Tshusick, an Ojibwa Woman

Date: 1842
Description: Portrait of a woman, who is sitting with her left arm resting on a desk or table. She is wearing a jacket, hat, skirt, and pants. According to History o...
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Chief Shingabawossin

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Description: Portrait of Ojibwa chief Shingabawossin, who lived around the Sault Ste. Marie region. He fought in the 1783 Battle of St. Croix Falls and the War of 1812,...
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American Indian Canoes

Date: 1852
Description: Illustrations of 5 different canoes. Caption reads: "Plate 9, opp. pg. 66. Vol. 1, Indian Tribes of the United States. ed. Francis S. Drake, 1884. A...
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Making a Birch Bark Canoe

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Description: Three women are kneeling and binding birch bark to a canoe frame. A girl is standing behind the canoe in the center. Buildings are in the background.
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Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill

Date: 1949
Description: Portrait of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill, a physician of Mohawk ancestry. She is sitting at a table examining a book through a magnifying glass. Dr. Minoka ...
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Truman Lowe, Artist Terrace

Date: 08 26 1980
Description: Artist Truman Lowe standing and holding onto one of his pieces.
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Truman Lowe at Artist Terrace

Date: 08 26 1980
Description: The artist Truman Lowe seen through one of his pieces. He is squatting and leaning against the wall.
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Chief Winneshiek in Camp

Date: 1888
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and three children. The man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Chief Winneshiek. Picture taken in camp near Founta...
Postcard

John and Mary Canoe with Children and Visitors

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Description: Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children."
Postcard

Chief "McSauby"

Date: 1908
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a hat. Caption reads: "Chief 'McSauby', Charlevoix, Mich."
Photograph

Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians

Date: 1934
Description: Group portrait of several men, and a child, seated and standing in three rows. There is a drum in the right foreground.
Photograph

Chief Pussafiss

Date: 1913
Description: Portrait of a man standing in a clearing. He is wearing a headband with two feathers and necklaces, and is leaning on a cane. He is identified as Chief Pus...
Postcard

Chief Jim Greenhill

Date: 02 1938
Description: Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass...
Photograph

Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians

Date: 1934
Description: Outdoor group portrait of several people, identified collectively as "Pillager [Band] Ojibwa."
Photograph

Chief Washakie

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Description: Photograph of a portrait of Shoshone leader Chief Washakie, who is holding a pipe. Caption indicates it is "from a woodcut."
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Sitting Bull Oil Painting

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Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull, depicted standing and holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Oil painting of Sitting Bull b...

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