Ojibwe families building canoes

Ojibwe families building canoes

Ojibwe families building canoes on Sandy Point in Shagawa Lake (outside present-day Ely), ca. 1900. In 1909, the site became part of the Superior National Forest. Public domain.

Black and white photograph of Ojibwe family, c.1860.

Ojibwe family

Ojibwe family, c.1860.

Photograph of Ojibwe family

Ojibwe family

Ojibwe family, ca. 1905.

Ojibwe family

Ojibwe family

Ojibwe family near present-day Brainerd, 1866. Forms part of Reserve Album 52, "Views of Northwest scenes: Views from Dakota Territory, Wisconsin, Fort Garry, Canada and Minnesota.
1866."

Ojibwe family at Red Lake

Ojibwe family at Red Lake

An Ojibwe family at their home on the Red Lake Reservation, ca. 1930.

Ojibwe family in a canoe on Lake Vermilion

Ojibwe family in a canoe on Lake Vermilion

Ojibwe family in a canoe on Lake Vermilion (Onamuni Zaaga’iganiin, the lake with the sunset glow), ca. 1905.

Black and white photograph of an Ojibwe family in canoe on Lake Vermilion, ca. 1905.

Ojibwe family in canoe on Lake Vermilion

Ojibwe family in canoe on Lake Vermilion, ca. 1905.

Ojibwe family making a canoe, Ely

Ojibwe family making a canoe, Ely

An Ojibwe family make a birchbark canoe in Ely, ca. 1890–1910.

Ojibwe loom-woven beadwork and wool belt

Ojibwe loom-woven beadwork and wool belt

Loom-woven beadwork belt reportedly owned by Bagone-giizhig (Hole-in-the-Day the Younger).

Ojibwe man on Grand Portage trail

Ojibwe man on Grand Portage trail

An Ojibwe man (possibly Paul LaGarde) standing on the Grand Portage trail on July 10, 1922, during an expedition initiated by Minnesota Historical Society director Solon Buck. The man is identified as a guide who helped MNHS Field Secretary Cecil Shirk and Minneapolis journalist Paul Bliss retrace the trail, which was threatened by private landowners. Publicity from the expedition sparked interest amongst white Minnesotans in preserving the trail and depot sites.

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