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Pahl-Lee, Moqui, oil on panel by Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1898; 22 × 17 cm. Hopi squirrel spirit Hopi kachina Hopi: snake dance Native American Hopi artists carve kachina dolls, representing spirits of ancestors. Children learn about the kachina spirits while they play with the dolls. Hopi kachina doll
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Tecumseh. Battle of the Thames, Ontario, Canada, and the death of Tecumseh. Col. Richard M. Johnson with the Kentucky volunteers on left battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Native American Shawnee chief. North American indian. (See Notes)
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Also Known As Moki • Moqui

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Pahl-Lee, Moqui, oil on panel by Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1898; 22 × 17 cm.
Hopi squirrel spirit
Hopi kachina
Hopi: snake dance
Native American Hopi artists carve kachina dolls, representing spirits of ancestors. Children learn about the kachina spirits while they play with the dolls.
Hopi kachina doll
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Natalie Curtis Burlin
American ethnomusicologist

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Tecumseh. Battle of the Thames, Ontario, Canada, and the death of Tecumseh. Col. Richard M. Johnson with the Kentucky volunteers on left battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Native American Shawnee chief. North American indian. (See Notes)
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