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Cutting Roots for Medicine

Date: 09 1923
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) women cutting roots for medicine. A quilt hangs on a line in the background and a chicken walks near the women.
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Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians Picking Cranberries

Date: 1913
Description: Panoramic slightly elevated view of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians harvesting cranberries by hand at Gebhart's Marsh.
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Winnebago Indian Family Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) family, including two women sitting and one man standing.
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Studio Group Portrait

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Description: Full-length studio group portrait of two men, two Ho-Chunk woman, and a Ho-Chunk child. The men are sitting and wearing suits and hats, with the man on the...
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Woman Dressed in Ho-Chunk Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young woman dressed as a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian woman in fine jewelry and clothing.
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men and Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting and wearing several necklaces, earrings, file bracelets, and ring...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing. They are wearing short hairstyles and contemporary clothing. Th...
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Studio Portrait of Native American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of a Nebraskan Winnebago man sitting on the left and wearing a suit, short tie, and hat, and a Ho-Chunk woman standing on the right wearing...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Men Howard McKee and Frank Lincoln

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Frank Washington Lincoln (ChakShepKonNeKah), who is ...
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Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men and One Woman

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of group of people posing in front of a painted backdrop. A Ho-Chunk man is sitting on the left wearing a suit, necktie, and hat, and is ho...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Studio portrait of Charles Stacy (Ho-Chunk) in front of a painted backdrop and prop wooden fence. He is wearing a small shawl over his shoulders and has hi...
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Studio Portrait of Nellie Eagle Swallow

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Nellie Eagle Swallow, posing standing and wearing very long Winnebago earrings, a beaded headband with two eagle feath...
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John Littlewalker Wearing Bandoleer Bags

Date: 1890
Description: Nebraska Winnebago John Littlewalker. John is wearing two Ho-Chunk beaded bandolier bags across his chest, indicating his wealth and his status as an eligi...
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Portrait of Clara St. Cyr and Lucy Davis

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of James Seymour (Nebraskan Winnebago) sitting on a prop stone wall, holding a hat in his right hand, and we...
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Studio Portrait of Benjamin Thundercloud in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man, Benjamin Thundercloud, posing sitting in regalia for initiation into the medicine l...
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HochunKra School

Date: 1948
Description: HochunKra School, a Winnebago school.
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Portrait of Caroline Decorah Black Deer and Mabel White St. Cyr

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing several necklaces, earrings, file bracelets,...

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