This book features more than three hundred photographs of native Wisconsin Ho-Chunk people by Black River Falls photographer Charles Van Schaick. The photos, taken between 1879 and 1942, include studio portraits and outdoor photos showing both traditional and modern activities. Studio photos are detailed duotone portraits with captions identifying subjects, family relationships, dates, and details about clothing, props, and ornamentation. These photos show family relationships and cultural changes. Accompanying essays discuss Ho-Chunk tradition, culture, and history

Foreword / Truman Lowe -- A long view : Charles J. Van Schaick and his photographs of the Ho-Chunk / Matthew Daniel Mason -- Visualizing Native survivance : encounters with my Ho-Chunk ancestors in the family photographs of Charles Van Schaick / Amy Lonetree -- A Ho-Chunk photographer looks at Charles Van Schaick / Tom Jones -- Galleries : families and kinship, veterans, powwows, religion and clans, housing and work, traditional and contemporary dress, children / [Michael Schmudlach] -- Afterword / Janice M. Rice -- How this book came about / Michael Schmudlach for the authors -- Appendix : Ho-Chunk naming customs