Chippewa Indians making Birch Canoes

• Main Author: Whitney & Zimmerman, photographer.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: William L. Clements Library 1870
• Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Bad River Reservation (Wis.); Boatbuilding.; Indians of North America > Wisconsin.; Indians of North America > Social life and customs.; Ojibwa Indians.; Canoes > Ojibwa > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Indian encampments > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Indian reservations > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Manners & customs > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Wigwams > Wisconsin > 1870-1880.; Whitney; Joel E. > (Joel Emmons), > 1822-1886, > photographer.; Zimmerman; Charles A., > 1844-1909, > photographer.; Lovejoy & Foster, > publisher; Indian; anishina*
• Online Access: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-POHRT-X-301%5DSTE224_002; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/pohrt/301/STE224_002/!250,250; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:301:STE224_002

View of unidentified Ojibwa Indian men crafting birch canoes. A young boy can be seen near entrance to birch bark wigwam in background.; Title derived from image caption of identical photograph found in Whitney & Zimmerman's "Lake Superior Scenery, South Shore" series.; Printed on front left-hand margin: Lovejoy & Foster.; Printed on front right-hand margin: Chicago, Ill.; Contemporary inscription on verso: Minnesota Indians.; "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.