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Native American Game
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Indians playing a game at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. "The man in the center is holding counting sticks. A constant drumming is kept up to make concentration a sporting proposition." This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1911
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W013A6A
WHi 23908
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Chippewa Family
A Native American (Ojibwa) family photographed on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photogra...
Chippewa Portrait
1913
A postcard of a Native American (Ojibwa) at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photography at the ...
Mr. Bearskin
Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first curator of photograpy at the Wisconsin Histor...
Chippewa Lodging Framework
1929
Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the Wisconsin Histor...
Mr. Bearskin
Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cu...
Chippewa Settlement
1925
Native American settlement. This photograph is thought to represent a view of the Chippewa (Ojibwa) settlement at Lac du Flameau. Probably photographed by Philip Miles of Madison. This image is par...
