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Ojibwe Cemetery

Date: 06 1919
Description: Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian cemetery among brush and trees. Probably Lac Courte Oreilles.
Print

Battle of the Brule

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Description: An illustration titled "The Battle of the Brule" based on an 1840's battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux over territory in the Ashland, Wisconsin are...
Document

Ojibwe Treaty

Date: 1864
Description: This document, sometimes cited as the “Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864,” was carried by an Ojib...
Map or Atlas

Location of Indian Settlements in Wisconsin

Date: 1962
Description: A map showing the location of Indian settlements in Wisconsin, indicating the settlements of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, at St. Croix, Lac Courte Oreilles, Re...
Photograph

Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Indian boarding school at Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Reservation. Children are in front of the building, and in the side yard.
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Governor Philipp with Ojibwe Chief

Date: 06 19 1919
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp hearing the petition of a St. Croix Ojibwe (Chippewa) Chief during a Victory Celebration on the Courte Oreilles reservation for t...
Photograph

Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1852
Description: Group portrait of members of the La Pointe Band (now known as the Bad River La Pointe Band) of the Ojibwe Nation awaiting annuity payment at La Pointe. Non...
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Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians

Date: 1934
Description: Group portrait of several men, and a child, seated and standing in three rows. There is a drum in the right foreground.
Photograph

Ellen Gokey

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of a man who is a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles band of the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe). He is wearing a feathered headdress, a bea...
Photograph

Charlotte Buffalo

Date: 1920
Description: Mrs. Antoine Buffalo, Jr., posing in a field at the edge of a wood. She is a member of the Chippewa (Ojibwe) tribe, and a farmer. On the right are several ...
Photograph

Ojibwe Dancers

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a group of male and female Ojibwe (Chippewa) dancers forming a circle. They are surrounded by a crowd of white onlookers. The dancers are ...
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Mrs. Charles Belille (Belisle?)

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Description: Informal portrait of Mrs. Charles Belille, standing with a man and a child (possibly her husband and their child). The man is wearing traditional Ojibwe ce...
Photograph

Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
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Two Women Pose Together

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Description: Angeline Oiyotte Johnson poses with an unknown woman.
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Portrait of an Oiyotte Sister

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Description: Black and white close-up portrait of one of the "Five Oiyotte Sissters."
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Native American Man

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Description: A Native American man from the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake area in Minnesota. He is probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Behind him are paddles leaning on a tree and ...
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Oiyotte Sister in Limosine

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Description: One of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters" in the back seat of a limosine.
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Judging Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A man in a light-colored overcoat, possibly Joseph Wojta, standing behind a sheep being inspected by two other men. A group, including men, women and child...
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Beverly Oustigoff

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Description: Beverly Oustigoff standing in the hall of the school where she works as a teacher's aid.
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Portrait of an Oiyotte Sister

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Description: Outdoor, casual portrait of one of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters." Birch trees are in the background.

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