Painting depicting the charge of Minnesotans at the Battle of Nashville

Battle of Nashville

Howard Pyle's 1906 painting depicts the charge of the Minnesotans at the Battle of Nashville, December 16, 1864. It hangs in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol.

Battle of Wood Lake

Battle of Wood Lake

Drawing of the Battle of Wood Lake, c.1896. From A thrilling narrative of the Minnesota massacre and the Sioux War of 1862–63 (A.P. Connolly. Chicago, 1896.)

Ricing sticks (bawa'iganaakoog)

Bawa'iganaakoog (ricing sticks)

Pair of bawa'iganaakoog (ricing sticks or knockers) wrapped with cloth tape. Made and used by Robert Gawboy Jr. (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa) between 1940 and 1960.

Black and white photograph of bayonet drill at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Bayonet drill at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling

Bayonet drill at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Black and white photograph of bayonet training at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Bayonet drill in front of officers' quarters

Bayonet training at the Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Snelling, 1917.

Beaded bag

Beaded bag

Beaded bag made by Ojibwe Indians, ca. 1900–1925. Collected in Cass Lake (Cass Lake County) by Alfred H. Peterson.

Beaded book cover

Beaded book cover

Beaded book cover made at Birch Coulee before 1936.

Color image of a doll probably made by Rebecca Bluecloud, an artist from the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Granite Falls, in the 1920s or 1930s.

Beaded doll

A doll probably made by Rebecca Bluecloud, an artist from the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Granite Falls, in the 1920s or 1930s.

Pair of sinew-sewn leather moccasins with a rawhide sole. Made by Dakota Indians in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Beaded moccasins

Pair of sinew-sewn leather moccasins with a rawhide sole. Made by Dakota Indians in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Color image of a Dakota pincushion from the Dakota community at Prairie Island in Goodhue County, c.1930s.

Beaded pincushion

A beaded pincushion from the Dakota community at Prairie Island in Goodhue County, c.1930s. The left-facing swastika included on the cushion is a traditional Native American (as well as Southeast Asian) symbol of peace and good fortune. Its use in Native art pre-dates and is unrelated to Nazism.

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