Ojibwe Indians
The Milwaukee Public Museum has done extensive fieldwork among the Ojibwe Indians of Wisconsin. Most of this fieldwork was done at the Lac Court Oreilles Reservation in Sawyer County, Wisconsin [Barrett, 1910; Ritzenthaler, 1940s] and the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in Vilas County, Wisconsin [Smith, 1920s and Ritzenthaler, 1951].
Short fieldtrips brought back photographs from the Ojibwe of Big Bear Lake, in Barron County, Wisconsin [Smith, 1924 and 1927]; Leach Lake, Minnesota [Smith, 1925]; and the Bayfield Pageant held in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. The Ojibwe were also photographed during the Milwaukee Midsummer Festivals of the 1930s.
The photograph collection has over 1800 photographs of the Ojibwe. Below is a sample of the collection.
 Neg. 106927 : Tramping rice on Little Rice Lake. Lac du Flambeau, WI 1921-1922. Photo by Huron H. Smith. |
 Neg. 162982 : Erecting the framework for a wigwam at the Milwaukee Midsummer Festival, 1933. Photo by James Conklin. |
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 Neg. 6703 : Parching wild rice. Big Bear Lake, WI, 1924 or 1927. Photo by Huron Smith. |
 Neg. 6721 : Making a birch bark basket. Big Bear Lake, WI, 1924 or 1927. Photo by Huron Smith. |
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 Neg. 114233 : Lacrosse game at the Bayfield Pageant, Bayfield, WI, 1924-1925. Photo by Samuel Barrett. |
 Neg. 177126 : Elizabeth White weaving at the Milwaukee Midsummer Festival, 1936. Photo by James Conklin. |
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 Neg. 50090 : Wabus tying wild rice on the Lac Court Oreilles River, 1942. Photo by Robert Ritzenthaler. |
 Neg. 50121 : Drum lodge at Round Lake, WI, 1942. Photo by Robert Ritzenthaler. |
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 Neg. 132317 : Sewing seam on a birch bark canoe, Lac du Flambeau, WI, 1928. Photo by George Waite. |
 Neg. 50113 : John King and framework of shaking tent, Lac Court Oreilles, 1942. Photo by Robert Ritzenthaler. |
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