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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-59635, described as Obverse: Medal. Indian Tribal Series; Chief Pontiac wearing a buffalo robe, skin books, tooth necklace, armband, and a feather-tufted plume. He is holding a club tomahawk. Inscription: “Sovereign Nation of the Ottawa.” “Chief Pontiac 1720-1769” “1976” Reverse: Collage of a tree, tomahawk-club, otter, and canoe. Inscription: “United We Stand Divided We Fall.” Size: 4.5 cm. Weight: 24.3792 g. Condition: enclosed in a plastic case Content: silver Provenience: U.S., Arizona, Phoenix. 2937 W. Indian School Road. Mint Date: 1976 Photos from June, 1977 Reference: Cash, Joseph H. and Gerald W. Wolff. The Ottawa People. 1976. Indian Tribal Series. Phoenix, Arizona.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-59602, described as Indian Tribal Series medal. Depicts a man’s face. “Soverneign Nation of the Kickapoo” inscribed above and “He Who MOve About and “1975” inscribed below. Other side is a picture of a dwelling inside and oval. An arrow and a tree are on opposite ends of the oval, with three feathers hanging down from the side of the oval. “Great Seal of the Kickapoo Nation” is inscribed above, with “Oklahoma” below.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-59629, described as Obverse: Medal. Indian Tribal Series; A man poling a canoe while a woman beats wild rice into the canoe with a stick. Inscription: “Sovereign Nation of the Minnesota Chippewa.” “1975” Reverse: A lake scene of a tree, a shelter, a fire, and canoe all lit up by the setting sun. Inscription: “Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Seal.” “Ni-Mah-Mah-Wi-No-Min” “June 18, 1934” Size: 4.5 cm. Weight: 24.3792 g. Condition: enclosed in a plastic case Content: silver Provenience: U.S., Arizona, Phoenix. 2937 W. Indian School Road. Mint Date: 1975 Photos from June, 1977 Reference: Roufs, Timothy G. The Chippewa People (Minnesota) (The Anishinabe of the Minnesta Chippewa Tribe). 1975. Indian Tribal Series. Phoenix, Arizona.

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