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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0004
Item: 00198
Date: 1912
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Bullboat willows staked in a ring by Owl Woman's home
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0004
Item: 00201
Date: Circa 1925
Title: Rugs, baskets, parfleches, pipes, and assorted other Indian artifacts displayed
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0004
Item: 00206
Date: 1890-1918
Title: Dozens of bone and stone tools from the Steinbrueck collection
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0004
Item: 00208
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Owl Woman and Many Growths preparing willow shoots for a bullboat
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00210
Date: 1918
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Hidatsa man standing in a corn field holding fish on willow stringer
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00212
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Gilbert L Wilson holding little Don Goodbird and a catfish
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00214
Date: 1918
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Hidatsa youth poses on the riverbank with a pee-dad fish on a willow stringer
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00216
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Packs Wolf demonstrating how to dismantle a fish trap in the Missouri River
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00218
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Goodbird watching as Packs Wolf dismantles a fish trap in the Missouri River
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00221
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Packs Wolf demonstrating how to scoop up fish from the trap in the Missouri River
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00223
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Packs Wolf catches fish caught in a fish trap in the Missouri River
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00225
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Packs Wolf and a young boy build a fire on the river bank
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00227
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Man holds two fish baskets beside a fish trap
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00229
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Goodbird deep in the Missouri River building a fish trap
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00231
Date: 1907
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Mr. Shultis checks his fishing net from a canoe-like bullboat
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0031
Item: 00233
Date: 1909
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Packs Wolf empties his fishing basket on the river bank
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00235
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: A woman scoops a bucket of water from the Missouri River
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00237
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: A woman strains to lift a bucketful of water from the river
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00239
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Yellow Hair with a load of willow used to make a Hidatsa back-rest
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00241
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Yellow Hair with a load of willow sticks on her back
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00243
Date: 1916
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Yellow Hair stands with her burden of sticks
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00245
Date: 1907
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Woman plods home carrying firewood on her back on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00247
Date: 1912
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Wahini/Buffalo Bird Woman making a model of a traditional Hidatsa drying rack
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00249
Date: 1912
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Buffalo Bird Woman/Wahini putting the finishing touches on a model of a drying rack
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Collection: 00086 - Paul Ewald Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00251
Date: 1912
Creator: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone,--1868-1930
Title: Buffalo Bird Woman's finished model of a drying rack with a cloth divider

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