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  • People/Culture
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Alibamu  2
    • Chamacoco (Zamuko)  3
    • Cherokee  14
    • Chickasaw  11
    • Choctaw  24
    • Coushatta (Koasati)  4
    • Eastern Band of Cherokee  12
    • Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  12
    • Hopi Pueblo  4
    • Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  2
    • Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]  2
    • Inunaina (Arapaho)  2
    • Ipai  2
    • Iroquoian  18
    • Iroquois  18
    • Island Carib  8
    • Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]  8
    • Kickapoo  2
    • Kickapoo [Oklahoma]  2
    • Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  11
    • Menominee (Menomini)  18
    • Mesa Grande Diegueño  2
    • Meskwaki (Fox)  6
    • Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  2
    • Mississippi Choctaw  20
    • Muskogee (Creek)  29
    • Niuam (Comanche)  4
    • Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)  1
    • Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  1
    • Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  9
    • Oklahoma Cherokee  1
    • Oklahoma Choctaw  2
    • Oklahoma Muskogee (Creek)  28
    • Oklahoma Seminole  22
    • Oklahoma Shawnee  1
    • Osage  3
    • Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  1
    • Potawatomi  6
    • Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin]  2
    • Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  4
    • Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  5
    • Sahnish (Arikara)  6
    • Seminole  29
    • Seneca  8
    • Sioux  4
    • Southern Inunaina (Arapaho)  1
    • Swampy Cree  1
    • Tohono O'odham (Papago)  4
    • Tuscarora  4
    • West Main Cree  1
    • Wichita  15
    • Winnebago [Nebraska]  8
    • Yaquina (Yakwina) [Confederated Tribes of Siletz]  1
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    • 120th Engineer Combat Battalion  3
    • Arch, Jennie  3
    • Barnard, Dr. William Clark  12
    • Blumenthal, Harry W.  3
    • Blumenthal, Sonia Grodka  3
    • Bruno, John  3
    • Chandler, Milford G.  9
    • Davis, Edward H.  9
    • Fulbright, Hope M.  27
    • Gilmore, Melvin R.  5
    • Harrington, Mark Raymond  122
    • Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior  5
    • Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc.  7
    • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi  20
    • Morgan, Cecil  9
    • Morgan, Thisba Hutson  9
    • Secakuku, Susan  6
    • Simpson, Archie  4
    • Skinner, Alanson B.  11
    • Skye, Chief William M.  59
    • Stiles, William F.  8
    • Taylor, Sherman  5
    • Vernon, David T.  7
    • Walker, Leo  11
    • Wildschut, William  4
  • Place
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    • Arizona  9
    • California  4
    • Caribbean Islands (West Indies)  8
    • Dominica  8
    • Dunn County, McLean County, McKenzie County, Mountrail County, Mercer County  4
    • Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary  6
    • Florida  7
    • Iowa  6
    • Jackson County and Swain County  6
    • Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County  9
    • Lesser Antilles  8
    • Mississippi  20
    • Nebraska  8
    • Neshoba County and Scott County  17
    • New York  12
    • North Carolina  12
    • North Dakota  7
    • Oklahoma  110
    • Pine Ridge Reservation  10
    • Sac and Fox Reservation (Mesquakie Indian Settlement)  5
    • South Dakota  13
    • Tama County  5
    • USA  255
    • Windward Islands  8
    • Wisconsin  21
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    • Armbands  1
    • Ball game equipment  275
    • Ball game tail ornament  10
    • Ball stick  66
    • Ball stick and ball  7
    • Ball stick, breechcloth, and sash  1
    • Balls (object genre)  33
    • Bat  5
    • Breechcloth and sash/belt  6
    • Breechcloth, neck ornament, and sash/belt  2
    • Double ball  20
    • Fans (costume accessories)  2
    • Goal marker  1
    • Hair ornaments  4
    • Hair plume  8
    • Hat/Cap  5
    • Jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body  8
    • Lacrosse stick  44
    • Lacrosse stick and ball  2
    • Lacrosse stick model/toy  3
    • Loincloths  9
    • Sash/belt  2
    • Shinney/Shinny stick  21
    • Shinney/Shinny stick and double ball  10
    • Tally/Scorekeeping sticks  2
  • Culture Area
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • California  3
    • Circum-Caribbean  8
    • Gran Chaco  3
    • Great Basin  2
    • Northwest Coast  4
    • Plains  67
    • Plateau  1
    • Southeast  118
    • Southwest  11
    • Subarctic  1
    • Woodlands  56
  • Continent
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Central America  8
    • North America  263
    • South America  3

  • Media Usage
    • Usage conditions apply  275
  • Exhibition Location
    • NMAI DC  8
    • NMAI NY  1

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