John Beargrease and his family, c.1895. Image courtesy the Cook County Historical Society.

John Beargrease, undated. Image courtesy of the Cook County Historical Society.

Charles Bender baseball card printed by the American Tobacco Company, 1911.

Charles Bender wearing Philadelphia Athletics uniform, c.1910. Original press photograph from the George Grantham Bain Collection.

Charles Bender at he beginning of his career, 1903.

Charles Bender during the prime of his baseball career, 1911. Photograph by Paul Thompson. Bender, who is credited with inventing the slider (a type of breaking-ball pitch), was born on the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe. He pitched in and won six World Series games—a first in the sport.

Ojibwe bandolier bag made c.1900.

Miniature birchbark makak (Ojibwe storage basket) decorated in floral motifs employing colored cord and yarn. The makak is filled with maple sugar.

Pair of Ojibwe child's leather moccasins. Made in Isle, Mille Lacs County, c.1910.

Ojibwe black velvet dance shirt was probably made for Kay-zhe-baush-kung (Otto Bismark) of Walker, Minnesota. Purchased by Neal Barnard at the Leech Lake Reservation ca.1920.