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Souvenir photograph of Henry Shingwauk performing in the Hiawatha pageant.
In consideration of the sum of 60 pounds lawful money, Yeoman John Jackson purchased a lot of land from John Henry Dunn located in the Township of Innisfil. See IT099 - Deed and Conveyance, IT101 - Bond (Moore).
This hunting pouch, or shot pouch, is crafted from black-dyed hide and decorated with moosehair embroidery, porcupine quill embroidery, tinkle cones with red-dyed hair. The strap is decorated with floral motifs. Originally attributed to the "Great Lakes," it is very likely this was created by
Ceramic pipe bowl with a bird effigy whose beak opens as the pipe bowl. On the base of the bird, running from its beak to its neck, is a single line of 14 punctate. Stem is missing.
This pair of child\'s moccasins was collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809. They are Hodenosaunee, Wyandot, or Shawnee in origin.
The fan is made of feathers and birch bark, decorated with moose hair embroidery on both sides and with a stuffed bird with inserted glass eyes in the center of the fan section. Probably made by Huron-Wendat for sale in the souvenir trade. Donated by
A feather fan with floral/geometric porcupine quill embroidery on front side of the handle. Probably made for sale in the souvenir trade, and probably made by Anishinaabe in the second half of the 19th century. Acquired from a Mrs. Frank.
Hiawatha carries Minnehaha in his arms to depict the scene in Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha in which they are wed.
A leather cap decorated with cloth ribbons and metal buttons. Formerly part of the Speyer (III) collection, who attributed this cap to the Huron/Wendat and dated it to ca. 1850.
Portrait of William H. Illingworth with family group posed on park bench with Minnehaha Falls in background.
Park landscape with bridges and walking paths constructed around a naturally occurring waterfall named "Minnehaha" from Dakota word for waterfall, translated as "Laughing Waters" in Mary Eastman's 1849 book Dacotah, and then borrowed by Longfellow for the heroine of Song of Hiawatha.
War club of Chief Shingwauk of Garden River, carved of a single piece of wood so that the counterweight of the knot that forms the ball would make it an effective weapon. Top end of the shaft carved in the image of a panther or
A roach of horse hair with dangling attachment obtained by William Jones from a Mesquakie woman near Tama, Iowa.
This is a photo of six Chiefs of the Six Nations, reading wampum belts. The men in the photograph are, left to right: Joseph Snow, Onondaga Chief; George Henry Martin Johnson, father of Pauline Johnson, Mohawk John Buch, Onondaga; John Smoke Johnson, father of George
Sash made of woolen yarn. Burgundy, red, beige, yellow, black, and turquoise colours. Double knitted, with fringe, possibly by machine.
Hiawatha, Minnehaha, and Old Arrowmaker. Photograph taken of "Hiawatha's Wooing" scene in an adaptation of Longfellow's “Song of Hiawatha” at Wayagamug, Michigan.