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Cutting Timbers for Bark Canoe

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Description: Menominee man cutting bark to make a canoe.
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Indian Cemetery

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Description: Cemetery on a Menominee Indian reservation. Caption reads: "Route 47 — Menominee Indian Reservation‚ Indian Cemetery."
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Menominee Indian Dance

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: People sitting on the ground together for a Menominee Indian dance.
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Menominee Women's Crew

Date: 1943
Description: Menominee women working to protect their white pines from blister rust.
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St. Joseph's Indian School

Date: 1936
Description: St. Joseph's Indian School on the Keshena Menominee Reservation.
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Menominee Indian Band

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Description: A group portrait of a band of Menominee Indians posing with their instruments. They are wearing feather headdresses.
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Native American Blister Rust Crew

Date: 1933
Description: Three men working near a tree. During 1933 Menominee Indians protected over 4000 acres of white pines from the blister rust threat.
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Menominee Ceremony

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance.
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Statue of Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1922
Description: View of the statue dedicated to Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove. Located in Menominee Park, formerly North Park.
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Lear Shewano and Trees

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Description: Lear Shewano sitting under very large trees on the Menominee Reservation.
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Government Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The Government Indian School in Keshena.
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Menominee Women's Crew

Date: 1943
Description: Ribes eradication crew of Indian women on the Menominee Reservation pose together in a line.
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Indian Toll Sign

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Description: A toll road sign on the Keshena Menominee Reservation for the Highway 55 toll road that goes through the reservation.
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Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: The image shows a performer standing and holding a pipe. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in...
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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Statue of Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1911
Description: A statue of Oshkosh, head chief of the Menominee Indian Tribe in North Park (Menominee Park). Sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove of Florence, Italy. Unveiled J...
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Menominee Indian on Bicycle

Date: 04 1954
Description: A young Menominee Indian (Charles ?) pauses briefly for a photograph while straddling his bicycle. He is stopped on the road with the snow-covered Wolf Riv...
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Chief Oshkosh Statue

Date: 1936
Description: Chief Oshkosh's statue and grave. Located in Menominee Park, formerly North Park.
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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Keshena Indian School.
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Indian Children at Home

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Description: Four Indian children posing in front of a tipi on a Menominee Indian reservation.

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