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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1905
Description: Mabel Blackhawk St. Cyr, left, and Louisa Lowcloud Thunderchief Redbird (WaQuaWaZinWinKah).
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Studio Portrait of Annie Lizzie Falcon

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length portrait of Annie Lizzie Falcon Brown Whitedog Hall (DasChuntAWinKah) standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a traditional Ho-...
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Studio Portrait of Hugh Lonetree and Family

Date: 1916
Description: Hugh Lonetree (HoonchKaTaKah) with his wife, Mary Lucy Sine (Trout) Littlesoldier Lonetree (WaHoPinNeeHaTaKah), and their son Jacob Littlesoldier.
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Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman in Possible School Costume

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk woman posing standing. She is wearing a dark blouse and skirt, with a plaid shawl over h...
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Two Ho-Chunk Girls with Smallpox

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified young Ho-Chunk girls with smallpox are kneeling outside their lodge. Some of the Ho-Chunk suffering from smallpox were quarantined during ...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Mother and Daughter

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Annie (Katie) W. Blowsnake (MaHeHaNaSheWinKah) standing next to a woman identified as her mot...
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Studio Portrait of George Greengrass and his Wife

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to his wife who is posing sitting. They are identified as George Gree...
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Two Ho-Chunk Girls in Regalia

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women posing sitting. Emma Mary White Greencloud-Redcloud Thunder (JumpBroShunNupChunTinW...
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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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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely...
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Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake in Moccasins

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake (Real Wampum Woman) (WooRooShiekESkaeWinKah), ...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Decorah

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Lucy Decorah (AhHoRaPaNeeWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a wool sha...
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Studio Portrait of George Lonetree and Robert Greengrass

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. George Lonetree (HoonchXeDaGah), left, is sitting next to Ro...
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Copy Photograph of Jim Swallow and William Massey

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man, Jim Swallow, in regalia posing standing and holding a bow in front of cloth barriers or tents. From a powwow group from ...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Whitebear and Mary Lewis

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarer length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women wearing Middy blouses. Lucy Whitebear (HoDaHooKah) is sittin...
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Studio Portrait of Dora Thunderking Lowe and Jennie Youngthunder Decorah

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing. They are wearing winter coats with fur collars. Identifie...

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