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39 Image Mode of wearing the hair of ""Boneoshk" an Ojibway indian.

[[Image}} Mode of wearing the hair adopted by men, Ojibway, at Lake Winnebegushish Minnesota.

image Mode of wearing the hair adopted by women: Ojibway.

The hair of an indian like that of the civilized man and woman more especially the women is the means by which to apply to his or her person the various articles of adornment. The ?means? of dressing it is as a rule characteristic of the tribe. The Dakota combs the hair back over the back and sides of the head, and wears usually a plait at each side of the head, wrapped with fur and tied on the ends with beads, ribbon or feathers; on the crown of the head he will sometimes wear a ?roach? as "Lone Wolfe" shows it - or the hair is parted in the middle. The forehead is adorned with numerous smaller braids of hair hanging over the eyes or about the temples. these are adorned with beads or bits of brass rings or tin bent round the braid. It makes little difference to the indian what the intrinsic value of the article may be he is content to wear any ornament that has a light and attractive appearance a bit of tin or brass has the same value in his eyes as it would have if it were gold or silver. A silver dollar has greater value with the indian not because it weighs more than a half or quarter of a dollar, but because it is larger and more shiny. The squaws as a rule among the Dakotas as well as the Ojibway wear the hair plain, simply braided in two large plaits on either side of the head, or one long one hanging down the back, and they seldom wear ornaments in the hair. The men of the Ojibway nation wear the hair parted over the temples and the fore part cut in a "bang" that shades the eyes. the back part is divided and braided in a plait on each side, finished at the end with a ribon or other trinket. occasionally the bang is not worn and we believe that the association with the white man is the cause of its adoption.