Stella Stocker is in the foreground with an elder Ojibwe man, who is smoking a pipe, behind her. Stocker identified the man as Chief Maingans. Maingans was originally from Mille Lacs but was living at White Earth in 1908 where he was an informant for ethnographer Frances Densmore. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This Ojibwe man's name is Shagobay or Shakopee. He is an elder and leader at Mille Lacs. He is wearing beaded leggings and bells. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A group of four Ojibwe men, dressed for dancing. Sam Kegg is second from left, Jim Mitchell, second from right, along with two unidentified men. They are wearing beaded garments, bells, roaches, and feathers as they stand in front of a wigwam. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Photographer Stella Stocker notes that these are the rocks with pictographs at Ghost Island, although the pictographs are not visible in the photo. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Reverend Frank Henry Pequette, also known as Pedwaywaygeshig, was an Ojibwe Methodist minister; he is standing outdoors wearing bandolier bags. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Reverend Pequette, or Pedwaywaygeshig, is standing indoors, holding a frame drum. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Reverend Pequette, whose Ojibwe name is Pedwaywaygeshig, is seated and wearing western style clothes. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A view of Pelican Lake east of Nett Lake in northern Minnesota. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Shaw-ga-boab is on the right, behind a feather staff. Her sister-in-law is wearing beaded necklaces and a roach. She is holding a rifle. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Shaw-ga-boab, an elder Ojibwe woman, is holding a feather staff. She has cheek smudges and is beaded necklaces, beaded pieces on her shoulders, and a cap with medallions. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Pearlie Day stands near a lake. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The man in this portrait is identified as One Road. He is wearing a Dakota headdress, but his beaded arm band is an Ojibwe design. The photograph was taken at the Annual White Earth Celebration and Pow Wow. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Nis-ki-gwan, an elder Ojibwe man, is shown wearing many beaded necklaces, an eagle feather roach and holding a walking stick. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Mary Day is standing in profile with a baby on her back inside a shawl wrapper, she is wearing western style clothes and moccasins. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
An elder Ojibwe man is seated in the grass with a lake and town in the background. The photographer identifies the man as Mah-ji-gi-shig, but it is likely that he is May-zhuck-ke-ge-shig, or Lowering Sky, a longtime leader at White Earth who represented White Earth at Washington, D. C. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Portrait of Mah-e-gon, an Ojibwe man. Also identified as Maingans the Younger or Albert Little Wolf, he was a singer who sang many songs for ethnographer Frances Densmore. He is wearing a beaded garment, a feathered headdress, and is holding a wing fan. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
An Ojibwe woman, identified as Mah-e-gon's wife, is wearing a scarf on her head and a necklace of beads. Mah-e-gon, an Ojibwe man, also identified as Maingans the Younger or Albert Little Wolf, was a singer who sang many songs for ethnographer Frances Densmore. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Portrait of Chief Wah-wie-kum-ig, an Ojibwe elder. He is also identified as Wa-we-yay-cum-ig, or Round Earth, an Ojibwe opponent of U.S. efforts to move Mille Lacs Ojibwe to White Earth. He is wearing a beaded apron and bandolier bags and eagle feathers. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Portrait of Chief Wah-wie-kum-ig, an Ojibwe elder. He is also identified as Wa-we-yay-cum-ig, or Round Earth, an Ojibwe opponent of U.S. efforts to move Mille Lacs Ojibwe to White Earth. He is wearing a beaded apron and bandolier bags and eagle feathers and is holding an ax. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Catia Wah-Won, an Ojibwe woman is standing in front of seated women who are facing the other direction. She is wearing a beaded headband with the ends draping onto the front of her dress. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This Ojibwe woman is identified as Ah-jah-shah-wah-shik. She is standing near tent guide lines holding a pipe. She is wearing a fringed deerskin dress with a beaded belt. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Unidentified Ojibwe men are playing the moccasin game on a blanket with a number of observers standing around them. One man holds a frame drum. The photograph was most likely taken at the Annual White Earth Celebration and Pow Wow. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ojibwe and Dakota men participate in a pipe ceremony. The men and elders are wearing plains headdresses and beadwork garments, roaches, bells, medallions, and leather fringe. Some men are holding pipes. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
One man is holding a pipe while the other man smokes it. Ojibwe and Dakota men in beaded garments and western clothes are participating together. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A pipe ceremony involving a number of Ojibwe and Dakota men. American flags are flying. Headdresses made of feathers, as well as roaches, are worn by the men. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections