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1. Kee-Neow, Nee-Bee or "Eagle Water"

Creator:
Ka Kay Geesick, Robert
Date Created:
1983
Description:
This watercolor drawing depicts "Eagle Water," a strong Chippewa man with an eagle crown. In the background another eagle soars above the shoreline with a fish clutched in its claws. This is one print in a series created for the Freshwater Society in Excelsior, Minnesota, donated to the Westonka Historical Society, one of a limited edition created in 1981-1985.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Paintings (visual works)

2. M-A-Quah E-Quay or "Bear Woman"

Creator:
Ka Kay Geesick, Robert
Date Created:
1980 - 1985
Description:
This watercolor drawing depicts "Bear Woman," a strong Chippewa woman with a bear crown. In the background another bear wades toward the reeds and the shoreline. This is one print in a series created for the Freshwater Society in Excelsior, Minnesota, donated to the Westonka Historical Society; one of a limited edition created in 1981-1985.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Paintings (visual works)

3. Letter from Lieutenant Thomas van Etten, Quartermaster at Fort Ridgely, February 11, 1863

Creator:
van Etten, Thomas
Date Created:
1863-02-11
Description:
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1863 letter from St. Peter, Minnesota. Van Etten was stationed at Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County, and was serving as the fort's quartermaster. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

4. Letter from Lieutenant Thomas van Etten describing the Battle of Birch Coulee

Creator:
van Etten, Thomas
Date Created:
1862-10-05
Description:
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1862 letter from Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. Lt. van Etten participated in the Battle of Birch Coulee and described the battle in the letter. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

5. Native American baby in a cradleboard, Canada

Creator:
R.R.P. & I.C.
Date Created:
1911
Description:
An infant indigenous Canadian bundled in a cradle board which is leaning against a tree. The postcard is postmarked Baudette, Minnesota, July 3, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Wowapi wakan ptecedan oyakapi kin (Bible history in the Sioux Indian language)

Creator:
Hunt, Jerome, 1848-1923
Date Created:
1897
Description:
Bible history, criticism, interpretation, and stories in the Dakota Indian language, illustrated with engravings. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

7. Katholik wocekiye wowapi (Prayers, instructions and hymns in the Sioux Indian language)

Creator:
Catholic Church
Date Created:
1899
Description:
Catholic prayers, instructions, and hymns in the Dakota language, with music. Includes 26 hymns, most of which include the melody notated in treble clef. Illustrated with engravings. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .H75 1899
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

8. Catholic wocekiye odowan

Date Created:
1906
Description:
Hymns only edition of the larger work Katholik wocekiye wowapi. 26 hymns in the Dakota language, most of which include the melody notated in treble clef. 48 pages. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .C38 1906
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Notated Music
Format:
Songbooks

9. Dakota tawoonspe, wowapi II (Dakota lessons, book II)

Creator:
Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
Dakota language (Santee dialect) primary reader for children, in a variety of type styles with woodcuts. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024.R6 D6
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

10. Yewicasipi taanpetupi en: Wotanin Wa?te ayapi (Outline of the Life of Paul)

Creator:
Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Outline of the life of Saint Paul the Apostle in the Dakota language excerpted and translated from Hurlbut and Vincent's Biblical Atlas. Includes maps of Paul's travels. 62 pages. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: BS2505.A3 H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

11. Service book: being parts of the Book of Common Prayer set forth for use in the missionary jurisdiction of Niobrara

Creator:
Episcopal Church
Date Created:
1875
Description:
A selection from the Book of Common Prayer and liturgies of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In English and Dakota language (Santee dialect) on opposite pages with pages numbered in duplicate. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: BV175 .S46
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

12. St. Joseph okolakiciye ta olowan

Creator:
Catholic Church
Date Created:
1919
Description:
Chiefly Catholic hymns in the Dakota language, translated from Latin or English. Music notated in four parts (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) in treble and bass clef. Partial texts printed under music, with complete texts printed preceding or following the music. Includes alphabetical index of hymn titles in Dakota, and alphabetical index of hymn titles in English or Latin. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024.A2 C3 1919
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Notated Music
Format:
Songbooks

13. Anamihe-masinahigan Jesus ot ijittwawin gaye anamihe-nakamunan takobihikatewan: Mik' ejittwawad ketolik-anamihadjik

Date Created:
1859
Description:
Catholic catechism, liturgy, prayers, and hymns. Text in Ojibwa with some titles in French or Latin. 215 pages. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM854 .B25 1859
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

14. Father Francis Pierz, Missionary

Creator:
McDonald, Grace Sister
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Prior to the arrival of the Benedictines in the summer of 1856, Father Francis Pierz was in charge of the missionary work among the Native Americans for the Diocese of St. Paul. He also promoted German immigration in central Minnesota. Includes an account of the Dakota War in 1862.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

15. The Labors of Mgr. A. Ravoux at Mendota, St. Paul and Other Localities from the Spring of 1844 to July, 1851

Creator:
Ravoux, Augustine, 1815-1906
Date Created:
1897?
Description:
Monsignor Augustin Ravoux's life and work as a missionary to the Dakota in Minnesota from 1844-1851.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

16. Missionary Paper, By the Associate Mission for Minnesota, Number 6

Creator:
Whipple, Henry Bishop
Date Created:
1860
Description:
Episcopalian short papers detailing missionary work among the Native Americans in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

17. Missionary Paper, Number 18 by the Bishop Seabury Mission, Faribault, Minnesota

Creator:
Bishop Seabury Mission
Date Created:
1861-10
Description:
Episcopalian short papers detailing missionary work among the Native Americans in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

18. Missionary Paper, Number 28 by the Bishop Seabury Mission, Faribault, Minnesota

Date Created:
1863-12-25
Description:
Episcopalian short papers detailing missionary work among the Native Americans in Minnesota. The Indian System.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

19. The Adventures of "Antelope Bill" in the Indian War of 1862

Creator:
Peirce, Parker I.
Date Created:
1898
Description:
First person account of the Dakota War of 1862 from the perspective of a seventeen-year-old boy.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

20. The Story of My Capture and Escape During the Minnesota Indian Massacre of 1862: With Historical Notes, Descriptions of Pioneer Life, and Sketches and Incidents of the Great Outbreak of the Sioux or Dakota Indians As I Saw Them

Creator:
Tarble, Helen M. (Helen Mar), 1843-1921
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Helen Tarble's first-hand account of the Dakota War of 1862, including a description of the largest mass execution in United States history.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

21. Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota

Creator:
Carrigan, Minnie Buce
Date Created:
1912
Description:
This book is an account of Minnie Buce Carrigan's captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan. Several other survivors, including Samuel Reyff, J.G. Lane, Mrs. Inefeldt, and Minnie Krieger, relate their own experiences in a final section of the book.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

22. Reminiscences, Memoirs, Lectures of Monsignor A. Ravoux, V.G.

Creator:
Ravoux, Augustine, 1815-1906
Date Created:
1890
Description:
Monsignor Augustin Ravoux's life and work as a missionary to the Dakota in Minnesota from 1841-1844. Book signed by author and given to Fr. Agatho, O.S.B. at Saint John's.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

23. Studio portrait of John Beargrease and his family, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Butler, W. G.
Date Created:
1895 - 1900
Description:
Studio portrait of John Beargrease (1858-1910) and his family. Left to right: Augusta (Constance), John, Joseph, Charlotte, Louise, and Mary Anne Beargrease.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

24. Two people dance at pow wow, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1994 - 1999
Description:
Two people dance at pow wow
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

25. Pow wow participants carry flags, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1994-05
Description:
Pow wow participants carry flags.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

26. Two people dance at pow wow, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1994-05
Description:
Two people dance at pow wow.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

27. A Description of the Massacre by Sioux Indians in Renville County, Minnesota

Creator:
Satterlee, Marion P.
Date Created:
1862-08-19
Description:
A Description of the Massacre by Sioux Indians in Renville County, Minnesota, August 18-19, 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

28. Sunkawakan Wicayuhapi

Date Created:
1894
Description:
This pamphlet was created to teach students at the Santee Normal Training about the care of horses. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

29. American Bible Society, On Woyakapi

Creator:
Dickinson, S. W.
Date Created:
1880 - 1890
Description:
This short tract in the Dakota language describes the American Bible Society, founded in 1816. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

30. Wicoie Wowapi, Wowapi Pehanpi Kin (The Word Book Wall Roll)

Creator:
Riggs, Alfred L.
Date Created:
1870 - 1933
Description:
A classroom instruction tool, this 24 page wall scroll uses images, alphabet letters, words and phrases in the Dakota language to teach math functions and reading. This item was designed to hang on the classroom wall.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

31. Jesus Htakiniwacinskanpi Okodakiciye, Woope Kin. (Society of Christian Endeavor, Constitution and By-Laws, Dakota-English)

Creator:
Riggs, Alfred L. (Dakota text)
Date Created:
1890
Description:
This pamphlet includes the constitution and by-laws of the Society of Christian Endeavor in Dakota and English. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

32. Candi Token Wayusica

Creator:
Davis, Joshua W.
Date Created:
1903
Description:
This document is a sermon in Dakota preaching against the traditional use of tobacco and giving warnings about the end times. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

33. Woyazanska - Tuberculosis

Creator:
Riggs, Theodore F. (1874-1962)
Date Created:
1908
Description:
This pamphlet was used to educate Dakota people about Tuberculosis. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

34. Dakota ABC Wowapi, Revised

Creator:
Riggs, Stephen R.
Date Created:
1929
Description:
This pamphlet was used to teach the written Dakota alphabet, grammar and penmanship. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

35. Jesus Taanpetu (Life of Christ)

Creator:
Riggs, Frederick B.
Date Created:
1909
Description:
This pamphlet is an outline of the life of Jesus Christ in Dakota. This is the second edition of this text. It includes a preface in English and nine hand-drawn maps relating to the life of Jesus Christ. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

36. Wiconi Tawaoonspe

Creator:
Riggs, Alfred L.
Date Created:
1911
Description:
This pamphlet includes Christian spiritual lessons and the Lord's Prayer in Dakota. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

37. Abraham Lincoln Toni Kin Qa Aesop Towoyake Kin (Life of Abraham Lincoln and Aesop's Fables)

Creator:
Garvie, James.; Cox, Jennie W.; Kitto, Eunice
Date Created:
1893
Description:
This pamphlet, in the Dakota language, includes two pieces. The first is a brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, and the second is a translation of seven of Aesop's Fables into Dakota. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

38. Dakota Wiwicawangapi Kin (Dakota Catechism)

Creator:
Riggs, Stephen R.
Date Created:
1900?
Description:
This pamphlet was used in Christian education to describe the dogma or rules of faith of the church.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

39. Indian Wardship

Date Created:
1943?
Description:
This report covers topics relating to U.S. government relations with Native peoples focusing on the 1930s. Topics covered include: Indian wardship, treaty provisions, and citizenship.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

40. Josuwa, Qa Wayacopi Kin, Qa Rute, Ohanyanpi Qon Oyakapi Wowapi Kin (The Books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, in the Dakota Language)

Creator:
Williamson, Thomas S.
Date Created:
1875
Description:
This book is a direct translation from Hebrew into Dakota of three books of the bible: Joshua, Judges and Ruth.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

41. Woope Itakihna (The Book of Deuteronomy in the Dakota Language, translated from the Hebrew)

Creator:
Williamson, Thomas S.
Date Created:
1872
Description:
This pamphlet is a translation of the Book of Deuteronomy into Dakota.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

42. Maka-Oyakapi, Geography. (Guyot's Elementary Geography in the Dakota Language)

Creator:
Riggs, Stephen R.; Riggs, Alfred L.
Date Created:
1876
Description:
This is an elementary geography textbook in the Dakota language. It focuses on North America but includes sections on Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and a geography of ""bible lands.""
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

43. Dakota Odowan

Creator:
Williamson, John P.; Riggs, Alfred L.
Date Created:
1898
Description:
This hymnal is a combination of standard Christian songs translated into Dakota and songs of Dakota origin (words and/or tunes).
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:
Notated Music
Format:
Hymnals

44. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Anton Treuer, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Treuer, Anton, 1969-
Date Created:
1999-05-13
Description:
Waagosh (Anton Treuer), Bemidji State University Professor of Languages and Ethnic Studies, Indian Studies, and Director of American Indian Resource Center, an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Ojibwe, is speaking Ojibwe in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Dr. Treuer stated: "Approximately ten years ago I did not know how to speak Indian. But now when I lay down to sleep in the evening I dream in Indian."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

45. Grand Portage Reservation and Pigeon Point, Grand Portage, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1944
Description:
Hand-colored map of Grand Portage Reservation and Pigeon Point showing Indian allotments, tribal land, non-Indian owners, existing main roads, proposed main roads, and contemplated extension (northwest corner) of reservation boundary line as agreed with U.S. Forest Service.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

46. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Albert Churchill, Hinkley, Minnesota

Creator:
Churchill, Albert, 1918-2001
Date Created:
1999-05-12
Description:
Albert Churchill, ceremonial drum keeper, spiritual leader and Midewiwin member, Mille Lacs Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He states: I like our language; I like to sit and talk, and I like to sit and listen.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

47. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Jim Bedeau, Leech Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Bedeau, Jim; Bedeau, James
Date Created:
1999-05-12
Description:
Jim Bedeau, Leech Lake Ojibwe elder who lives in Onigum, is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He tells a story in Ojibwe about vision and how to live a life from a baby forward. He speaks about teaching the children.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

48. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Eddie Benton-Benai, Hayward, Wisconsin

Creator:
Benton-Benai, Eddie
Date Created:
1999-03-05
Description:
Bawdwaywidun (Eddie Benton-Benai) was active in the American Indian Movement (AIM), is a member of the Midewiwin Lodge, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe elder, speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He speaks about his birth, name, and family but also history and culture.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

49. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Robert Strong, Nett Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Strong, Robert, 1934-2012
Date Created:
1999-07-30
Description:
Magee-Macoons (Robert Strong), enrolled Bois Forte elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Strong addresses the importance of the Ojibwe language and its survival for the younger generation. He tells a story in Ojibwe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

50. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Eddie Benton-Benai (part 2 of 2), Hayward, Wisconsin

Creator:
Benton-Benai, Eddie
Date Created:
1999-03-05
Description:
Bawdwaywidun (Eddie Benton-Benai) was active in the American Indian Movement (AIM), is a member of the Midewiwin Lodge, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe elder, speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

51. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Eddie Benton-Benai (part 1 of 2), Hayward, Wisconsin

Creator:
Benton-Benai, Eddie
Date Created:
1999-03-05
Description:
Bawdwaywidun (Eddie Benton-Benai) was active in the American Indian Movement (AIM), is a member of the Midewiwin Lodge, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe elder, speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

52. Map of Grand Portage, Minnesota Indian Reservation and Proposed Roads

Date Created:
1935 - 1945
Description:
Map clearly drawn to study the routes of proposed roadways. Large scale map from township 62 north on the west, Range 5 East and 6 East on the north and Lake Superior on the east. Shows Canada, the Pigeon River, reservation boundary, Mineral Center, roads and rivers. Hand-inked topographical details. Customs houses were noted where Highway 61 crossed the border (at the Pigeon River). Shows Swamp Lake and the Reservation River. Pencil notes were likely Ernest Oberholtzer's later marking route approved by U.S. Bureau of Roads.
Contributing Institution:
Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

53. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Raining Boyd, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Boyd, Raining, 1921-2009
Date Created:
1999-03-15
Description:
Gi Mi Wun (Raining Boyd), army veteran, truck driver retiring in 1978, singer and member of the drum society and Mille Lacs Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Boyd states: As an Indian being helped from the spirits, there is an the understanding of what is being talked about by the Indian.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

54. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Anton Treuer, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Treuer, Anton, 1969-
Date Created:
1999-05-13
Description:
Waagosh (Anton Treuer), Bemidji State University Professor of Languages and Ethnic Studies, Indian Studies, and Director of American Indian Resource Center, an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Ojibwe, is speaking Ojibwe in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Dr. Treuer stated: "Approximately ten years ago I did not know how to speak Indian. But now when I lay down to sleep in the evening I dream in Indian."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

55. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with George Dick, Cloquet, Minnesota

Creator:
Dick, George, 1943-2013
Date Created:
1999-03
Description:
George Dick, Red Lake Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Dick states: Don't ever make fun of anybody - don't - and don't ever forget anybody.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

56. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Marlene Stately, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Stately, Marlene Robinson, 1941-
Date Created:
1999-03-12
Description:
Enrolled Leech Lake elder Anangookwe (Marlene Stately) is speaking Ojibwe, her first language (transcribed by Nancy Jones), in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. She has worked at the Arrowhead Community College, teaching Ojibwe language and at Niigane Immersion Schoo, and Bug O Nay Ge Shing School. She states, "Our children come first, so that they can listen to the way we speak."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

57. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Dee Bainbridge, Ashland, Wisconsin

Creator:
Bainbridge, Delores Dee, 1931-2008
Date Created:
1999-02-11
Description:
Delores "Dee" Bainbridge educator at Northland College and Bad River Tribal School, Bad River Ojibwe elder, is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. She explains the complexities of Ojibwe with examples and recites the Lord's Prayer in Ojibwe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

58. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Ole Nickaboine, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Benjamin, Oliver, 1928-2003
Date Created:
1999-02-19
Description:
Makoons (Ole Nickaboine) Educator of Ojibwe Language and Culture grades 4 through 12 at Nay Ah Shing School on the Mille Lacs reservation, Mille Lacs Ojibwe elders speaking Ojibwe,his first language, in interviews for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He speaks about teaching children and teaching them the Ojibwe language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

59. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Wilf Cyr, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Cyr, Wilf; Cyr, Wilfred
Date Created:
1999-05-19
Description:
Wilf Cyr, Northwest Bay Canada Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

60. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Keller Papp, Red Cliff, Wisconsin

Creator:
Papp, Keller
Date Created:
1999-04-28
Description:
Keller Papp, Red Cliff Ojibwe is speaking Ojibwe in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Keller Paap studies linguistics. He states: First of all, I make a tobacco offering to the spirits every day. It has only been five years since I started learning to speak Anishinaabemowin.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

61. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Mildred and Oliver Benjamin, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Benjamin, Mildred, 1945-2009; Benjamin, Oliver, 1928-2003
Date Created:
1999-02-19
Description:
Makoons (Oliver Benjamin) and Zhaawanigiizhigookwe (Millie Benjamin), educator of Ojibwe Language and Culture grades 4 through 12 at Nay Ah Shing School on the Mille Lacs reservation, are speaking Ojibwe, their first language, in interviews for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mrs. Benjamin tells a story in Ojibwe about Wenaboozhoo; Nanabozho and why it is important for children to speak the language and to continue it. Mr. Benjamin speaks about his background and teaching the children.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

62. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Margaret Big George, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Big George, Margaret, 1945-2013
Date Created:
1999-11
Description:
Margaret "Sweet Pea" Big George, storyteller, accomplished jingle dress dancer, Big Island First Nations, Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Ms. Big George states: When we were let to, we always spoke the language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

63. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Dan Jones, Fond du Lac, Minnesota

Creator:
Jones, Daniel
Date Created:
1999-02-09
Description:
Dan Jones, Rainy River Ojibwe and Ojibwe language instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He speaks about people's confusion over terms like Ojiwe, Chippewa and Anishinaabe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

64. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Jim Clark, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Clark, Jim, 1918-2008
Date Created:
1999-03
Description:
Mille Lacs Ojibwe elder Naawigiizis (Jim Clark) is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He worked for Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis from 1953, in purchasing and into a warehouse firm distributing to hospitals. Mr. Clark states about the Spirit: I wonder if he will listen to us when we are speaking a different language, when we use the white man's language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

65. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Dan Jones. Fond du Lac, Minnesota

Creator:
Jones, Daniel
Date Created:
1999-02-09
Description:
Dan Jones, Rainy River Ojibwe and Ojibwe language instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Jones is an educator. He states: I really encourage my students, I say, "You know, you can decide for yourself what you want to do and what you want to learn."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

66. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Julie Shingobe, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Shingobe, Julie, 1929-2004
Date Created:
1999-05-12
Description:
Amikogaabowiikwe (Julie Shingobe), college graduate, chemical dependency counselor, member of the Grand Medicine Society/Midewiwin, and enrolled Mille Lacs elder is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Ms. Shingobe speaks of her birth and what she was taught. She remembered: "We were terrified of the nuns, we did not want to be there."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

67. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Larry Smallwood, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Smallwood, Larry
Date Created:
1999-02-04
Description:
Amik O'Gaabaw (Larry Smallwood), director of language and culture for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and enrolled Mille Lacs elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview (transcribed by Daniel Jones) for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Smallwood is often asked to tell stories in Ojibwe. He begins with, ""We have teachings that tell us about the different seasons.""
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

68. Ojibwe man at Post Office entrance, Penasse, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958?
Description:
Some sources say the community was named for Tom Penasse, an American Indian from the area, who may be the man pictured. The sign reads, "United States Post Office Penasse Minnesota, The Most Northerly P.O. in U.S.A." Penasse, Minnesota is located in the northern part of Minnesota's Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods County.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

69. Dedication ceremony, Community House at Fort Ridgley, Morton, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
The dedication ceremony of the community house at Fort Ridgely or Birch Caulie. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

70. Good Thunder and wife, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Good Thunder and his wife standing outside their home. Good Thunder was a leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota who was baptized by Henry Whipple and later allied with the white settlers during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

71. Stephen R. refugee party, Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota

Creator:
Ebell, Adrian J.
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A group of refugees resting in a field. Led by Stephen R. Riggs, the group fled Dakota territory during the Dakota War of 1862. The photograph was taken by Adrian J. Ebell, a member of the party. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

72. Portrait of Hole-in-the-Day, Upper Mississippi band of Ojibwe, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Hole-in-the-Day, chief of the upper Mississippi band of Ojibwe. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

73. Portrait of Joseph Renville of Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Joseph Renville, an interpreter, translator, and mediator between white settlers and Dakota in Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

74. Site of the Redwood Ferry on the Minnesota River at Lower Sioux Agency, Morton, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Two monuments commemorating the Redwood Agency Massacre of August 18, 1962, located near the site of the Redwood Ferry on the Minnesota River. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

75. Site of the Dustin Massacre, Dakota War of 1862, near Waverly, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A group of people at the site of the Dustin Massacre, where four members of the Dustin family were murdered by a party of Dakota during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. It is believed, though never proved, that the attack party was led by members of Little Crow's party. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

76. Site of the Traverse des Sioux Treaty, near St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A small building and a stone placard marking the site of the Traverse des Sioux treaty. The treaty occurred on July 23, 1851, in Nicollet County, Minnesota, on the Minnesota River, just north of St. Peter. The site was once a state park and is now a State Historic Site. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

77. Ojibwe graves, Old Agency, Leech Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Ojibwe graves, including that of Chief Flatmouth, at Old Agency, Leech Lake. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

78. Portrait of George Bonga, fur trader in Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
George Bonga, a fur-trader of African-American and Ojibwe descent. He was one of the first African-Americans born in Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

79. Broken monument, Beaver Creek Massacre, Dakota War of 1862, Henderson, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A broken monument in Henderson, Minnesota, commemorating the Beaver Creek Massacre of August 18, 1862. The massacre was part of the Dakota War of 1862. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

80. Barn at the Yellow Medicine Agency, near Granite Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A barn and surrounding land located at the Yellow Medicine Agency. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

81. Home of Dr. John Wakefield, Yellow Medicine Agency, near Granite Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Home of Dr. John Wakefield located at the Yellow Medicine Agency. Wakefield was the agency's physician. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

82. Site of the warehouse at the Yellow Medicine Agency, near Granite Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.Site of the warehouse robbed by Dakota at Yellow Medicine Agency during the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

83. Abandoned brick house, site of Yellow Medicine Agency, near Granite Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Abandoned brick house located at the site of the Yellow Medicine Agency. The Yellow Medicine Agency was destroyed during the Dakota Conflict of 1852, and the site is now part of Upper Sioux Agency State Park in Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

84. Portrait of Chief Wabasha or Joseph Wapasha, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Wabasha (Wapasha III or Joseph Wapasha), Mdewakanton Sioux chief. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

85. Native American burial mounds, Prairie Island, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Native American burial mounds located near Prairie Island, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

86. Wigwam under construction, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Two wigwams near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

87. Wigwam under construction, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Four unidentified men construct a wigwam near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

88. Wigwam under construction, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Unidentified women place coverings on a wigwam frame as a group of people watch. Located near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

89. Ojibwe woman parching wild rice, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
An Ojibwe (Chippewa) man watches as a woman parches wild rice in Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

90. Wigwam with five Ojibwe children, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Three unidentified children standing in front of three wigwams. Located near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

91. Wigwam with Ojibwe children, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
An unidentified native family outside of a wigwam with a baby in a pappoose. Located near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

92. Ojibwe baby, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
An unidentified Chippewa baby rests in a papoose. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

93. Five Ojibwe children, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Five unidentified Chippewa children seated in the grass, taken in Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

94. Wigwam under construction, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Two wigwams under construction near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

95. Wigwam under construction, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
An unidentified man stands inside the wooden frame of a wigwam near Onamia, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

96. Native American burial mounds, Mora, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Native American burial mounds covered with trees located in Mora, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

97. Portrait of Dr. Charles Eastman, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Dr. Charles Eastman, an eminent Sioux physician, historian, and lecturer. He was active in politics and American Indian rights, and he founded 32 American Indian chapters of the YMCA and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

98. Graves of the deceased from Battle of Acton, Dakota War of 1862, Ness Cemetery, near Litchfield, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Grave where the remains of the first five victims of the Acton Massacre are buried. It is located in Ness Cemetery near Litchfield, Minnesota. The inscription reads: " First Blood. In Memory of the first five victims of the great Indian massacre of August 1862, and buried here in one grave, Robinson Jones, Viranus Webster, Howard Baker, Ann Baker, Clara D. Wilson. Erected by the State in 1878 under the direction of the Meeker County Old Settlers Association." This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

99. Grave of Hole-in-the-Day, near Little Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Site of the grave of Hole-in-the-Day, chief of the upper Mississippi band of Ojibwe who was assassinated by fellow Ojibwe in 1868. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

100. Site of the muder of Little Crow, Dakota War of 1862, near Hutchinson, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Site of the murder of Little Crow, located 8 miles north of Hutchinson, Minnesota. Little Crow was chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota and led the conflict against white settlers during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides
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