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Awnings Lining a Field

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Description: View from distance of several awnings and tents lining a field with several individuals. Possibly a Ho-Chunk powwow encampment.
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Two Ho-Chunk Men Dressed in Regalia

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk men dressed in a regalia standing in front of a tent, possibly at a powwow.
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Awnings Lining a Field

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Description: View from distance of several awnings lining a field. Individuals can be seen around and underneath them. Possibly a Ho-Chunk powwow encampment.
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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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Arbor with US Flag

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Description: View from distance of an arbor, with the United States flag on a long pole and individuals underneath it. Tents are in the background. Probably at a Ho-Chu...
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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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Powwow Encampment

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Description: Ho-Chunk awnings and tents with a few individuals nearby, including a child in a light-colored dress, and a woman with a long braid sitting in the grass. P...
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Children in Front of Powwow Encampment

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Description: View towards children wearing caps and standing in a field, with tents and awnings in the distance. Possibly a Ho-Chunk powwow encampment. The shadow of a ...
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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 Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges with flaps raised. A few individuals are visible inside, and there is a dog on the left. Probably a swan dance lodge and war bundle feast. ...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Men and Boys Outdoors

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Description: Ho-Chunk and European American men and boys in front of an arbor and tent with United States flags on top. Probably meeting of the Blue Wing Band at Valley...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk men, women, and children, and a few European American men, posing standing in front of tents in a field. They are members of the Blue Wing...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children near Wigwam and Teepee

Date: 1908
Description: A cattail mat–covered wigwam (ciiporoke) and a small teepee were set up in a mock Ho-Chunk village for the 1908 homecoming celebration.
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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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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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Ho-Chunk Thunder Clan Feast Lodge

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Description: A view of the Thunder Clan Feast Lodge. The flag is British and came to the Ho-Chunk when they joined forces with the British against the United States dur...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...
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Ho-Chunk Children in Front of American Flag

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Description: Four Ho-Chunk children and one more off to the right are posing standing in front of an arbor with an United States flag on a long pole, probably at a poww...

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