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"Big George"

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Description: Portrait of an old Ojibwa man smoking a cigar.
Postcard

Lake of the Torches Casino Resort

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Description: View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L...
Postcard

Lac du Flambeau Historical Marker

Date: 1969
Description: Historical marker on the shore of Flambeau Lake. Erected 1937.
Postcard

Chippewa Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: A postcard of a Native American (Ojibwa) at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt...
Photograph

Annie Sun with Deer Hide

Date: 1941
Description: Mrs. Annie Sun stretching a deer hide.
Photograph

Ojibwa Canoe Maker

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Description: An Ojibwa man shaping birch bark in a frame during the process of making a canoe.
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows towns and sections, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads, and La Point and Lac Du Flambeau Indian reservati...
Photograph

Ahgamahwegezhig (Chief Sky)

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Description: Ahgamahwegezhig (Chief Sky), a Lac du Flambeau Chippewa and the original captor of "Old Abe," mascot of Wisconsin's 8th Volunteer Regiment and Wisconsin's ...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This hand-colored map of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, an...
Photograph

Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Ameri...
Photograph

Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cur...
Photograph

Chippewa Lodging Framework

Date: 1929
Description: Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepare...
Photograph

Native American Mother

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Description: A Chippewa mother with two children at Minocqua, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first ...
Photograph

Splitting Bark Off a Tree Trunk

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Description: Ojibwa Indians splitting bark off a birch tree. The bark will be used to make a canoe.
Photograph

Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Photograph

Nurse with Native American Girl

Date: 10 1936
Description: A nurse poses outdoors holding a Native American girl at the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation.
Postcard

Indians Tanning Deer Hides

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Description: Several Indians tanning a deer hide outside a tipi.
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows sections and the towns of Upson, Hurley, Hamilton, Saxon, and Mercer, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads ...
Photograph

The Tavern Crawling Stone Lodge

Date: 1934
Description: View of a one-story log lodge, the Tavern - Crawling Stone Lodge, and a tipi with trees in the background and foreground. There is a lake behind the lodge.

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