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O'-check-ka, or Four Legs

Date: 1835
Description: O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) on Lake Michigan. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the ...
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Too-sha-na-gan-ka, Or The Little Otter

Date: 1835
Description: Too-sha-na-gan-ka, or the Little Otter, a Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the T...
Manuscript

Blooming Grove Homecoming Article

Date: 07 28 1926
Description: Newspaper clipping including headline, photograph of six Winnebago (Ho Chunk) Indians, and a caption indicating that the men pictured would be attending a ...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Unidentified woman and child (Marie Shekah and Bernard Sheka?) standing outdoors. Probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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J.J. Emmerich Cranberry Company

Date: 09 21 1922
Description: Elevated view of the J.J. Emmerich Cranberry Company showing the bog in the background with the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian cranberry pickers' camp at the ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Albert Thunder and Family

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Description: Group portrait of Albert Thunder, his wife and two children standing outside a canvas covered wigwam.
Photograph

Portrait of Branching Horns

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ho-Chunk man Branching Horns in full traditional dress. Caption at bottom: "Among the Winnebago ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Yellow Thunder Cairn

Date: 1909
Description: Rock cairn for Yellow Thunder, chief of the Winnebago.
Photograph

Winnebago (HoChunk) in Sioux Headress

Date: 1922
Description: Wisconsin Winnebago on a Menominee Reservation wearing Sioux war head dress.
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Portrait of Little Elk

Date: 1849
Description: Hand-colored lithograph of Little Elk (Hoo-Wan-ne-ka), chief of the Ho-Chunk, as he appeared during an official visit to Washington, D.C. in 1824. This por...
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Black Hawk; Prophet; Son (of Black Hawk)

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Black Hawk, Sauk Chief (center); Wabokieshiek, the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Prophet (left); Black Hawk's son (right). Lithograph from the Aborigina...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man with Drum

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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Helene Stratman-Thomas with Ho-Chunk Indians

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas with an unidentified man and child, possibly at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
Postcard

Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park, Waukesha, Wis." A group of Ho-Chunk pose at Bethesda Park as a crowd of tourists looks on. There ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Mary (Stacy) Yellowthunder, (Cowboy Woman) weaving a basket while seated on a blanket. A dwelling and trees can be seen in the background. She is the daugh...
Photograph

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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An Indian Camp

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Description: A Native American Ho-Chunk woman stands holding a baby outside a wigwam. Another child stands just in front of the woman, looking off to the right. The pho...

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