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Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Men

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) men. One of them may be Yellow Thunder.
Photograph

Charles E. Brown with Ho-Chunk Chiefs

Date: 1933
Description: Charles E. Brown and Ho-Chunk chiefs at the Blackhawk Centennial celebration.
Photograph

Three Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 
Description: Full-length portrait of two Ho-Chunk women standing on either side of an older Ho-Chunk woman who is sitting. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, a blouse,...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Men Waiting for Annuity Payment

Date: 
Description: Group of five Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) men seated on the lawn outside a building waiting for their annuity payment.
Photograph

Chief Yellow Thunder at Blackhawk Centennial

Date: 1933
Description: Chief Yellow Thunder and other Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Chiefs at the Blackhawk Centennial celebration at West Point.
Photograph

Songjonmanneekaw (Henry Rice), Ho-Chunk

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Description: Full-length portrait of Songjonmanneekaw (Henry Rice) of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe posed standing next to a chair covered with a cloth. Songjonmannee...
Photograph

Henry Brown, Winnebago

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Henry Brown, sitting, of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe. Brown died in Nebraska prior to 1926.
Photograph

Indians at Demon's Anvil

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Indians, probably Ho-Chunk, in traditional costume, posing on and around Demon's Anvil.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
Postcard

Indians in Native Dress

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Description: Group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians in traditional dress. Caption reads: "Indians in Native Dress, Wittenberg, Wis."
Historical Object

Beaded Reebok Baby Shoes

Date: 1990
Description: A pair of Reebok baby shoes, beaded by Ho-Chunk artist Linda Lucero. The beads are glass and the shoes were probably never worn.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 09 1945
Description: The Indian Agency House, built in 1832 for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife.
Photograph

Swan Dance

Date: 1929
Description: Ho-Chunk women perform the Swan Dance. There is a group of men sitting in a circle next to them.
Photograph

Governor Zimmerman As Ho-Chunk Chief

Date: 08 1927
Description: Outdoor portrait of former boxer, Tommy Gibbons, Father Gordon, and Governor Fred R. Zimmerman at a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) ceremony. Zimmerman is wearing a b...
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, built for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife in 1832.
Photograph

Captain Whitewood (Mah-na-pay-honch-nee-kaw) and Mr. Tucker, Winnebago

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Description: Seated portrait of Captain Whitewood (Mah-na-pay-honch-nee-kaw) and Mr. Tucker, both of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe. Whitewood was a member of the Bear...
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 06 1938
Description: The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. This house was built in 1832 by the United States Government for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk ...
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1938
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Built in 1832 for the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) John Harris Kinzie...
Photograph

Winnebago Indian Woman

Date: 
Description: View of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian woman in traditional dress. The woman stands on stone steps, surrounded by flowers and trees.
Photograph

Rev. David Lowry

Date: 1840
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend David Lowry. Lowry was appointed to be a teacher for the Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Tribe by Andrew Jackson. In 1834, he started a ...

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