It is startling to realize that, only a generation after the end of brutal wars with indigenous peoples, there was a large market for romantic and sentimental depictions of Native American life.

https://www.history.com/articles/american-indian-wars-timeline

This postcard photograph is entitled, “Typical Indian Camp showing the Moccasin Maker”.

The postcard was not mailed, but appears to have been well-preserved within an album or folder by a postcard collector.

On the face, we see a tall figure in regal headdress standing with a child in front of a large teepee.

The white teepee is emblazoned with an image of the sun.

This man appears to be a chieftain; he is carrying a sword.

There are three seated women, one (in the foreground) is holding what looks like the sole of a moccasin – or, perhaps a template.

Another woman stands beside a frame on which hides are hanging.

This woman appears to be stitching – and. I assume, she is the principal moccasin maker.

Moccasins were the invention of Indigenous peoples of North America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moccasin

I do not recognize a tribal identity; the Federal Government recognizes several tribes in Michigan.

https://ruralinsights.org/content/the-central-upper-peninsulas-native-americans-part-one

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On the bottom of the face is a place name “Soo, Michigan”.

This is a local shorthand for “Sault Ste. Marie”, the city built by French colonists near falls on St. Marys River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

St. Marys River flows from Lake Superior to Lake Huron, and forms part of the border between the US and Canada.

Across the river from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan is the larger, sister city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan

Today, the Soo Locks permit shipping from Lake Superior across the falls of the St. Marys River to the lower Great Lakes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Locks

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The photograph is ascribed to “Young, Lord, and Rhodes” of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

The postcard was published by the Hugh C. Leighton Company of Portland, Maine; it was “Printed in Germany”.

This resource describes the Ojibwe/Chippewa people of the Ste. Marie area.

https://www.uptravel.com/things-to-do/arts-history-and-culture/native-american-culture-history