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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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opening, there is placed a small drawer, which is used for the same pur- 

 pose as the opening. Sometimes even on the grave-boxes of Christian- 

 ized Indians, the totem of the clan to which the deceased belonged is 



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Fig. 27 — Modern grave-bos. 



drawn in color or carved from a piece of wood and securely nailed. 

 These totemic characters are generally drawn or attached in an inverted 



Fig. 28— Graves of Osh'kosh and his wife. 



position, which isdenotive of death among the Menomini as among other 

 tribes. Around the grave boxes clapboard fences are usually erected 

 to keep stray animals from coming near, and to prevent wayfarers and 



