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![[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating how to start a fire using a bow and a stick, rocks and trees in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZXJuZXN0LXRob21wc29uLXNldG9uLXdpdGgtdGhyZWUtYmxhY2tmZWV0LWluZGlhbnMtZGVtb25zdHJhdGluZy1ob3ctdG8tc3RhcnQtYzFkZjgzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/408/jpg "[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating how to start a fire using a bow and a stick, rocks and trees in background]")
![Obi︠e︡d na pokosi︠e︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvb2JpZWQtbmEtcG9rb3NpZS1yb3NzaXNrYWlhLWltcGVyaWlhLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/37/webp "Obi︠e︡d na pokosi︠e︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]")
![[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating how to start a fire using a bow and a stick, rocks and trees in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvZXJuZXN0LXRob21wc29uLXNldG9uLXdpdGgtdGhyZWUtYmxhY2tmZWV0LWluZGlhbnMtZGVtb25zdHJhdGluZy1ob3ctdG8tc3RhcnQtMmY2NjJiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating how to start a fire using a bow and a stick, rocks and trees in background]")
![Pioneers, woods on fire, Indians, 7 going [...] in the woods](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvcGlvbmVlcnMtd29vZHMtb24tZmlyZS1pbmRpYW5zLTctZ29pbmctaW4tdGhlLXdvb2RzLTQzNDA1Yy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "Pioneers, woods on fire, Indians, 7 going [...] in the woods")
![[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - men in carpentry workshop]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4taW5kaWFuLWFuZC1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN0dWRlbnRzLWF0LWhhbXB0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWhhbXB0b24tNS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - men in carpentry workshop]")
![[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, standing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvdGhvbWFzLWVkaXNvbi1oZW5yeS1mb3JkLWFuZC1oYXJ2ZXktZmlyZXN0b25lLXBvc2VkLW91dGRvb3JzLXN0YW5kaW5nLTg0OGY3OS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, posed outdoors, standing]")
![[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - man behind horse-drawn plow]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4taW5kaWFuLWFuZC1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN0dWRlbnRzLWF0LWhhbXB0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWhhbXB0b24tMy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - man behind horse-drawn plow]")
![[Joe Black Fox, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvam9lLWJsYWNrLWZveC1hLXNpb3V4LWluZGlhbi1mcm9tLWJ1ZmZhbG8tYmlsbHMtd2lsZC13ZXN0LXNob3ctMi02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Joe Black Fox, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]")
