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Woman Holding Baby in Papoose Carrier

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Description: Portrait of a young woman in buckskins holding a baby in a cradle board.
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait, taken in front of a painted backdrop, of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing slightly raised a...
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1952
Description: Women dressed in buckskins, performing the Wild Goose dance as men in headdresses watch.
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Portrait of Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the women are sitting in front of another woman standing. They ...
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Studio Portrait of Mamie Bearchief and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Both woman are wearing dresses, earrings, and necklaces. The woman on ...
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Wild Goose Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of women dressed in buckskins performing the Wild Goose dance as men in headdresses are watching.
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Two Ho-Chunk Women in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women. The woman on the left is posing sitting, and the other Ho-Chunk woman is posing stand...
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a group of women dressed in ceremonial clothing in two lines, with their arms out at the sides, performing the Swan Dance.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A portrait of an unidentified Native American Indian women dressed in a white buckskin dress. She is sitting on a quilt in front of a rush matted wall.
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women. Both women are sitting and wearing regalia, including earrings, nec...
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Two Ho-Chunk Women in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified women in traditional clothing with traditional necklaces and strips of silk ...
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Portrait of Lucy Lowe Yellow Bank, Lucy White Davis, and Annie Massie/Massey Red Horn

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of another Ho-Chunk woman standing. All of the women are posing in front of a painted backdrop, and ...
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Woman and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American woman wearing a mix of traditional and western dress holds a child in her lap outdoors.
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Studio Portrait of Three Unidentified Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified women. The woman sitting on the right has contrasting color stitching arou...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop and wearing several necklaces and wrapped in shawls. The woman on...
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Studio Portrait of Two Standing Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified Ho-Chunk women. The woman on the left is wearing a dress with many panels of...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Group portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a bed or sofa, and two European American women sitting on the floor, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. ...
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Portrait of Ethel Windblowe, Sarah Windblow, and Elizabeth Thunder Cloud

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left, and two women posing standing in the center and on the right. They are in front of a painte...
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Northwestern Lithographing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, with a sidebar image of an American Indian woman with brai...

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