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Frances Densmore
What if the songs of a culture could disappear forever? Frances Densmore of Red Wing, Minnesota wanted to ensure they didn’t. A pioneer in ethnology, Frances Densmore helped preserve Indigenous stories and songs across the state.
Image: Portrait of Frances Densmore, 1928. [credit: Minnesota Historical Society]
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