Charles Bender during the prime of his baseball career, 1911. Photograph by Paul Thompson. Bender, who is credited with inventing the slider (a type of breaking-ball pitch), was born on the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe. He pitched in and won six World Series games—a first in the sport.

Ojibwe bandolier bag made c.1900.

Miniature birchbark makak (Ojibwe storage basket) decorated in floral motifs employing colored cord and yarn. The makak is filled with maple sugar.

Pair of Ojibwe child's leather moccasins. Made in Isle, Mille Lacs County, c.1910.

Ojibwe black velvet dance shirt was probably made for Kay-zhe-baush-kung (Otto Bismark) of Walker, Minnesota. Purchased by Neal Barnard at the Leech Lake Reservation ca.1920.

Samuel A. Miller and family, ca. 1920s. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy.

Color acetate film slide of Violet Weyaus gathering maple syrup on the Mille Lacs Reservation of Ojibwe on April 19, 1947. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy.

Black-and-white photograph of an Ojibwe birch bark canoe and two paddlers, c.1910.

Deer hide tanned by Ojibwe people, date unknown.

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