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Parching Wild Rice

Date: 1907
Description: A Chippewa woman parching wild rice in Lac Vieux Desert. Lac Vieux Desert is a 4200 acre Michigan-Wisconsin boundary water in Vilas County.
Photograph

Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
Postcard

"At the Dance"

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Description: A group of Ojibwa dancers in a circle. Caption reads: "'At the Dance' Lac du Flambeau, Wis."
Painting

One Large Sheet

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Coiling Jack Pine Roots

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Description: An Ojibwa woman coils jack pine roots as she prepares to pack them. The roots will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Photograph

Chippewa Woman

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Description: Stereograph of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman sitting in the open doorway of a wigwam. She is wearing a dark skirt and patterned blouse. The foreground is cover...
Photograph

Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
Photograph

Lac Courte Oreilles Group Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of four Lac Courte Oreilles people: Mrs. [Lucille Mike] Kingfisher, Mitchell Quagon, with a pipe in his mouth, Lizzie Quagon, his wi...
Photograph

Chippewa Girls

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Chippewa (Ojibwa) girls in white western clothing and paper feathered headdresses for a celebration commemorating the return of 80 Native Americ...
Photograph

Tshusick, an Ojibwa Woman

Date: 1842
Description: Portrait of a woman, who is sitting with her left arm resting on a desk or table. She is wearing a jacket, hat, skirt, and pants. According to History o...
Photograph

Chippewa Blueberry Pickers

Date: 1910
Description: Men, women and children holding boxes and pails in the forest. Original caption reads: "VI Drive to W.S.; Chippewa blueberry pickers." The photograph is pa...
Photograph

Isham Family

Date: 1898
Description: Ira Robinson Isham family at the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. From left to right: Isham's son-in-law, Isham, his daughter, and Indian medicine m...
Painting

Forming the Bow or Stem

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Description: An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Whittling Strips for Sides

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Description: An Ojibwa Indian whittles strips of wood for the sides of a canoe under construction. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Rolling Up the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Photograph

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...
Historical Essay

Wisconsin's Name: Where it Came From and What it Means

Learn about the origin, and the many spellings and multiple meanings of "Wisconsin."
Photograph

Mary Taylor Oiyotte

Date: 1969
Description: Snapshot of Mary Taylor Oiyotte standing outdoors in the snow. She is wearing a flowered dress and red sweater. Behind her is a snowbank and the windows of...
Photograph

Ojibwa Delegation

Date: 1880
Description: Group portrait of Ojibwa Chiefs from Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau, in Washington, D.C. The reason they were there is in dispute. Rec...
General Information

Ojibwe Storytelling Series

Winter is Storytelling Season
Join the Wisconsin Historical Society to celebrate winter's "storytelling season" with four Ojibwe storytellers.

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