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Frances Oiyotte Decorah

Date: 2008
Description: Quarter-length, formal portrait of Frances Oiyotte Decorah, one of the "Five Sisters" and an elder on the St. Croix Ojibwe Reservation.
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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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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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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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Decorah Family Portrait

Date: 1972
Description: Informal family portrait of Frances (mother), Patrick (son) and Stuart Decorah (father), seated on a sofa.
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Two Women with Infant

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Description: Two women are sitting on a sofa, with an infant on the lap of the woman in the background.
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Family Portrait

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Description: A casual, indoor family portrait featuring three generations. The grandmother (seated), holding the child on her lap, is one of the five Oiyotte sisters. I...
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Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah

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Description: Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah and a Native American man stand in front of a wooden podium, each holding a cellophane wrapped rose.
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Five Oiyotte Sisters

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Description: A group snapshot of the "Five Sisters." Names are, left to right: Beverly Oustigoff, Ann Marie "Gaagabiikwe" Oiyotte, Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte Decora...
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Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah with Certificate

Date: 1961
Description: Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte Decorah receiving her beauticians license at the age of 18 from the Green Bay Beauty School. The blond woman on the left is ...
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Doris Oiyotte Emery

Date: 1974
Description: Doris Emery addressing the Tribal Council. She spent many years in Tribal Politics and held various positions; Councilperson (12 years), First Tribal Judge...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of six people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of his shoulders, ...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of five people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of her shoulders,...
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The Office

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Description: An unknown woman posing in an office with papers in her hand. In the background on the wall is a print of a Native American and a clock above filing cabine...
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Visiting in a Hospital

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Description: Two women in a hospital corridor. The woman on the left is sitting in a wheelchair reading a book, with one of her feet in a "boot." She is wearing a hospi...
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Hertel Store Lemons Bowling Team

Date: 1978
Description: Group portrait of a female bowling team named "Hertel Store Lemons." They women are wearing matching peach-colored bowling shirts, and four of the shirts h...
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Banquet at Beauty School

Date: 1961
Description: Group portrait of women at a banquet at the Green Bay Beauty School. In the back row, fourth from the left, is Frances Decorah. Handwritten at the bottom i...

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