2010.54.11261

Mikwendaagoziwag
24 in HIGH x 18 in WIDE
(60.96 cm HIGH x 45.72 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11261

Small, black text in the bottom right corner of the poster reads "Mikwendaagoziwag: They are remembered / Published by: The Public Information Office / Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission / P.O. Box 9, Odanah, WI 54861 / Photography by: Charlie Otto Rasmussen / Poster designed and printed by: Stewart-Taylor Printing Company / For information: / Call (715) 682-6619 or e-mail to [email protected]".

This poster has an irregular white and gray background with short, gray, horizontal lines interspersed throughout the page. There is a border of two thin lines, one blue and one black. Large blue text at the top of the page reads "Mikwendaagoziwag" and continues with "''They are Remembered'' / 1850 Sandy Lake Tragedy" below. There is an oval photograph of a winter forest scene with 3 people facing away from the camera in the center of the page. The people are slightly transparent and have blankets wrapped aroung them. Black text below the photo reads "''Tell him I blame him for the children / we have lost, for the sickness we have suffered, / and for the hunger we have endured. / The fault rests on his shoulders.'' / -Flat Mouth, Leech Lake Ojibwe / Speaking of Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey". There is a circular "Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission" logo in the bottom left corner. The logo features a fish, eagle, and deer. |
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