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  • Awl/perforator

    Date created
    AD 1000–1700 (Early to Late Plains Village period)
  • Ikce wocekiye wowapi Qa isantanka makoce. Kin en token wohduze, qa okodakiciye wakan en tonakiya woecon kin, hena de he wowapi kin ee Samuel Dutton Hinman, missionary to Dakotas

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    1865
  • Graver

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    19 Mar 1986
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    1932
  • Piece Of Copper (Native Material)

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    19 Mar 1986
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    1932
  • Rim Sherds

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    19 Mar 1986
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    1932
  • Unidentified bird, groundhog, and unidentified faunal remains

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    7 Aug 2003
  • Rules governing the Court of Indian Offenses / Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs

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    1883
    1883?]
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    AD 700-1500
  • The Maroni River Caribs of Surinam

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    1971
  • Necklace with pendant

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    1890-1919

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