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Potawatomi Indians Cooking

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Description: Illustration of three Potawatomi Indians cooking.
Photograph

Brule River Battle

Date: 1845
Description: Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians."
Postcard

Indians Tanning Deer Hides

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Description: Several Indians tanning a deer hide outside a tipi.
Photograph

Papago Indians

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Description: A group of Papago Indians, possibly near the San Xavier Del Bac Mission, near Tucson.
Photograph

Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Olive, Oliver, and Willard LaMere in Wisconsin Dells (Kilbourn City).
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.
Postcard

Menomonee Indians

Date: 1972
Description: Text on back reads: "Menominee Indians . . . Indian family chief, mother, daughter, at Wolf River Falls, Neopit, Wis."
Photograph

Tejon Indians

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Description: Engraving of Tejon Indians in an encampment.
Photograph

Missionary Dwelling

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Description: View of the dwelling of Cutting Marsh, missionary to the Stockbridge Indians.
Drawing

French Fur Traders at La Baye

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Description: Several French fur traders negotiating with native Indians at La Baye.
Print

Tombs of Assiniboin Indians on Trees

Date: 1832
Description: Tombs made by Assiniboin Indians in trees.
Photograph

Chief Cloud

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Description: Chief Cloud, in center, of the Chippewa Indians (Ojibwa) standing outdoors with other men.
Photograph

Chippewa Indian Cemetery

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian cemetery, Lake Vieux Desert.
Print

Encampment of the Piekann Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Encampment of the Piekann Indians.
Photograph

Winnebago Indian Monument

Date: 1920
Description: In recognition of the loyalty and patronage of the Winnebago Indians.
Photograph

Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
Drawing

Lake Superior Area

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore.
Print

Defeat of General Braddock

Date: 01 07 1855
Description: Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India...
Photograph

Wong-chig-ah Chea-da (Indian Tent) and Squaws

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Description: Caption at bottom: "Among the Winnebago Indians. 1057 Wong-chig-ah Chea-da (Indian Tent) and squaws." Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beau...

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