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Indian Basket Sellers

Date: 1909
Description: Three Potawatomi women selling baskets posing by a tree. There is a building in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Basekt Sellers."
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Potawatomi Couple

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man and woman, identified only as Potawatomie [sic] Indians, posing in front of a log structure. The woman is wearing large earrings and ...
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Tecumsa and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Tecumsa, a Potowatomi, and his family. Tecumsa is standing in the back in the center, and a man is sitting in front of him on a blanket holding up an hatch...
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Potawatomi Women

Date: 1915
Description: Outdoor portrait of three women: (left to right) Martha Philemon of Bark River, Michigan; Mrs. Eve K. Sahpenais, wife of John Yello Bird; and Sarah Sahpena...
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Kikyako

Date: 1920
Description: Informal portrait of a Potawatomi woman, Kikyako from Phlox, sitting on a bench wearing a beaded necklace. A man is standing in the doorway of a wigwam in ...
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

Date: 1930
Description: A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ...
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Potowatomi Group

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Description: A Potowatomi group consisting of David Nsa-waw-quet, his wife Margaret Nsa-waw-quet, and her sister Mary Wabanosay, or "Morning Walking." A young girl is ...
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Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians

Date: 10 1914
Description: Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians taken in front of Lathrop Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Included are: Mr. (William) Kershaw (M...
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Mrs. Ketch Ka Mi

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Ketch ka mi, daughter of Potowatomi Indian Chief John Young.
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Albert Thunder and Family

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Description: Group portrait of Albert Thunder, his wife and two children standing outside a canvas covered wigwam.
Historical Essay

The Man With the Iron Hand

A Frenchman's Disastrous Expedition
Learn about explorer Robert de La Salle's iron-handed chief lieutenant, Henri de Tonty, and what resulted in the worst winter of his life.
General Information

Wisconsin Powwows

View a listing of upcoming Wisconsin powwows and read some helpful tips for first-timers and non-Natives.

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