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English-French-Dakota Dictionary, 1835

Partially trilingual English‒French‒Dakota dictionary written by Lawrence Taliaferro’s brother-in-law, H. N. Dillon, in 1835.

Hand-drawn map of Fort Snelling area

Map of the Fort Snelling area drawn by Lawrence Taliaferro in 1835.

Letter from Lawrence Taliaferro to Alexis Bailly, March 2, 1829

Letter from Lawrence Taliaferro to Alexis Bailly dated March 2, 1829. Taliaferro addresses Bailly's concerns about unfair trading practices and assures Bailly that he treats all of the fur traders in the area equally.

St. Peters Indian Agency seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro

Wood and metal seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro in his capacity as Indian Agent at the St. Peters Indian Agency, 1820‒1839.

Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro

Oil-on-canvas portrait of Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro, wife of Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 1850s. Artist unknown.

Taliaferro, Lawrence (1794‒1871)

Lawrence Taliaferro, the wealthy scion of a politically connected, slave-owning Virginia family, was the US government’s main agent to the Native people of the upper Mississippi in the 1820s and 1830s. He earned the trust of Dakota, Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Menominee, Sauk (Sac), and Meskwaki (Fox) leaders through lavish gifts, intermarriage, and his zeal for battling predatory fur traders. In a series of treaties, he persuaded these leaders to cede tracts of land in exchange for promises that the government would later break.

CCC-ID crew at Mille Lacs

Possibly a crew of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division (CCC-ID) work workers from the Nett Lake Indian Reservation (one of the reservations of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa) stationed at Mille Lacs, ca. 1938.

CCC-ID lifesaving class at Red Lake

A CCC-ID lifesaving class at Red Lake Agency, 1939.

CCC-ID worker from Red Lake

A CCC-ID worker from the Red Lake Indian Reservation (Red Lake Band of Chippewa) stands beside a kitchen cabinet frame that he has built as part of a CCC-ID training initiative. Printed in Indians at Work 7, no. 12 (August/September 1940): 17. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington. DC. Photograph by G. B. Arthur, supervisor of project training for the Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Smithsonian Collection, Washington DC.

CCC-ID first aid class

A CCC-ID first aid class at Red Lake Agency, 1939.

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