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Sunset at Voyageurs National Park, Title reading Voyageurs People of the Thick Fir Woods.
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Voyageurs Slide Show
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Photos shown here depict Bois Forte life in and near the Voyageurs National Park area during the study period, and have been divided by subject matter into portraits, places, and food-related activities. In addition, photos of artifacts derived from MWAC archeological projects in Voyageurs are provided. Images are reduced and some are cropped for slide show format; click on individual images to see full view and description. Voyageurs Introduction >>    
Portraits
Nine men in baseball team portrait Two men sitting on a log in woods Portrait of man Man in canoe on lake Man and infant.
Man in traditional regalia with woman Woman with cigar in front of log cabin Woman with staff standing next to a man. Man with pipe in front of tipi. Man and two woman standing near water
Portrait of woman with blanket shawl. Man standing in canoe on water next to dock Old man sitting in front of cabin. Portrait of woman.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Artifacts
assorted buttons offset awl, firesteel, scissors, spoon, knife crossguard thimble, french clasp knife, offset awl, crooked knife, straight razor lock plate, percussion cap box lid, frizzen, trigger, trigger guard lead shot, gun flints, serpent side plate, trigger plate
brass bracelet, brass arrow point, perforated cartridge, tobacco tags muskrat spears, 22- caliber rifle axe heads with makers' marks    

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sites
Man and three children in camp Portrait of husband, wife and son Man standing in front of wigwam Abandoned log cabin Log cabin near shore
Abandoned log cabin Man standing next to cabin with a dog at his feet. Woman standing by tipi and log cabin Seven people standing by tipi Log cabin
Dilapidated barn near shore Wigwam Wigwam frames and cabin near water    

 
Subsistence
Child in front of tents Two women on dock with pails Three caones with two meneach canoeing away in lake
   

 
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