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Chief Whitefeather
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Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress, claw necklace, and vest. He is holding a bow. Caption reads: "Chief Whitefeather — Indian Mound Reservation — The Summer Camp of Boy Scouts of America Milwaukee County Council." Caption on back reads: "John Gosling (White Feather). Chippewa Indian. Director, Woodcraft, Boy Scout Camp. Silver Lake, Oconomowoc. July 1927."
July 1927
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Chief Jim Greenhill
February 1938
Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass Lake Band. Died 2/5/38."
Chief "McSauby"
1908
Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a hat. Caption reads: "Chief 'McSauby', Charlevoix, Mich."
Odinigun
Waist-up portrait of a man. Caption reads: "Odinigun, Indian Story teller."
Chief Winneshiek in Camp
1888
Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and three children. The man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Chief Winneshiek. Picture taken in camp near Fountain City, Wis., in about 1888."
Chief Pussafiss
1913
Portrait of a man standing in a clearing. He is wearing a headband with two feathers and necklaces, and is leaning on a cane. He is identified as Chief Pussafiss, an Ojibwe chief who lived in Solon...
Chief Skenandoah
1875
Portrait of Chief Elijah Skenandoah, a Turtle Clan chief of the Oneida nation. He moved to Wisconsin from New York in the 1830s, along with a group of Oneida. He also brought the Oneida Tribal Belt...
