Ojibwe people at their home, near Tower

Ojibwe people at their home, near Tower

Ojibwe people at their home, near Tower, ca. 1930.

Ojibwe soldiers returned from World War I

Ojibwe soldiers returned from World War I

Uniformed Ojibwe soldiers returned to Wisconsin from fighting in World War I gather with other Ojibwe wearing traditional regalia on June 19, 1919. Interpreter Ira O. Isham is in the foreground.

Ojibwe spiritual Leader Larry Aitken with Shaynowishkung statue

Ojibwe spiritual Leader Larry Aitken with Shaynowishkung statue

Leech Lake Ojibwe spiritual leader Larry Aitken speaking at the dedication ceremony for the third statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also known as Chief Bemidji), July 6, 2015. Photograph by Michael Meuers for The Circle, July 2015. Used with the permission of The Circle.

Black and white photograph of Ojibwe with Red River carts near Fort Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada,

Ojibwe with Red River carts

Ojibwe with Red River carts near Fort Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada, ca. 1863.

Carte-de-visite photograph of Ojibwe woman

Ojibwe woman

Ojibwe woman, ca. 1885.

Photograph of Ojibwe women harvesting wild rice c.1885.

Ojibwe women harvesting wild rice

Ojibwe women harvesting wild rice, ca. 1885. Photograph by Charles A. Zimmerman.

Ojibwe women making maple sugar at Cass Lake

Ojibwe women making maple sugar at Cass Lake

Ojibwe women making maple sugar at Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Reservation of Ojibwe, ca. 1920.

Olaf Christiansen

Olaf Christiansen

Olaf Christiansen was the festival's director from 1943–1968 and was the son of F. Melius Christiansen.

Color image of the Olaf Lee House designed in 1905, at 955 Jessie St., Clarence Johnston’s only house on St. Paul’s East Side. Photograph by Paul Nelson, September 26, 2014.

Olaf Lee House

Olaf Lee House designed in 1905, at 955 Jessie St., Clarence Johnston’s only house on St. Paul’s East Side. Photograph by Paul Nelson, September 26, 2014.

Sketch of Old Customs House, Minneapolis, 1876.

Old Customs House

Old Customs House, Minneapolis, 1876.

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