Man working on an eagle sculpture for the top of the capitol, ca. 1901.The lack of equipment to get rid of the dust created a health risk for the stone carvers.
Manoomin (wild rice) sold at Mille Lacs Indian Museum. Packed in 2004 by Manoomin, Inc., of McGregor, Minnesota, a company owned by members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Detail from Minnesota Map No. 33 in Indian Land Cessions in the United States 1845-1893, Charles C. Royce, comp. (Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1899).