Ojibwe families building canoes on Sandy Point in Shagawa Lake (outside present-day Ely), ca. 1900. In 1909, the site became part of the Superior National Forest. Public domain.
Ojibwe family near present-day Brainerd, 1866. Forms part of Reserve Album 52, "Views of Northwest scenes: Views from Dakota Territory, Wisconsin, Fort Garry, Canada and Minnesota.
1866."
An Ojibwe man (possibly Paul LaGarde) standing on the Grand Portage trail on July 10, 1922, during an expedition initiated by Minnesota Historical Society director Solon Buck. The man is identified as a guide who helped MNHS Field Secretary Cecil Shirk and Minneapolis journalist Paul Bliss retrace the trail, which was threatened by private landowners. Publicity from the expedition sparked interest amongst white Minnesotans in preserving the trail and depot sites.