Siouan-speaking Native American people
Ethnic group
The
Ho-Chunk
, also known as
Hoc?k
,
Hooc?gra
, or
Winnebago
are a
Siouan
-speaking
Native American
people whose historic territory includes parts of
Wisconsin
,
Minnesota
,
Iowa
, and
Illinois
. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two
federally recognized tribes
, the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
. Historically, the surrounding
Algonquin
tribes referred to them by a term that evolved to Winnebago, which was later used as well as by the French and English. The Ho-Chunk Nation have always called themselves Ho-Chunk. The name
Ho-Chunk
comes from the word
Hocaagra
(
Ho
meaning "voice",
c?k
meaning "sacred",
ra
being a definitive article) meaning "People of the Sacred Voice". Their name comes from traditional oral traditions that state they are the originators of the many branches of the
Siouan language
.
The Ho-Chunk claim descendancy from both the effigy mound-building
Late Woodland Period
cultures and the successor
Oneota
culture; they say their ancestors built the thousands of
effigy mounds
through Wisconsin and surrounding states. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Ho-Chunk were the dominant tribe in its territory in the 16th century, with a population estimated at several thousand. They lived in permanent villages of
wigwams
and adopted cultivated corn, squash, and beans; they gathered wild rice, hunted woodland animals and used canoes to fish. Before the US government removed the Ho-Chunk from their native land in Wisconsin, the tribe consisted of 12
clans
with specific roles often assigned to clans. Wars with the
Illinois Confederacy
and later wars with the
Ojibwe
,
Potawatomi
,
Meskwaki
, and
Sauk peoples
push them out of their territories in eastern Wisconsin and Illinois, along with conflicts with the United States such as
Winnebago War
and
Black Hawk War
. The Ho-Chunk suffered severe population loss in the 17th century to a low of perhaps 500 individuals. This has been attributed to casualties of a lake storm,
epidemics
of
infectious
disease, and competition for resources from migrating Algonquian tribes. By the early 1800s, their population had increased to 2,900, but they suffered further losses in the
smallpox
epidemic of 1836. In 1990 they numbered 7,000; current estimates of total population of the two tribes are 12,000.
Through a series of moves imposed by the U.S. government in the 19th century, the tribe was relocated to reservations increasingly further west: in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
South Dakota
, and finally
Nebraska
. Oral history suggests some of the tribe may have been forcibly relocated up to 13 times by the federal government through forced treaty cession, losses estimated at 30 million acres in Wisconsin alone (they ceded lands in Wisconsin in 1829, 1832 and 1837; further removal attempts occurred in Wisconsin in 1840, 1846, 1850, and 1873?4). During these removals, bands of Ho-Chunk hid out in Wisconsin rather than be moved. In 1832, other bands of Ho-Chunk were moved to the Neutral Ground Reservation in eastern Iowa, were they faced hostile conditions between the warring
Dakota people
and Sauk peoples. They were removed from Iowa in 1848 into Minnesota, where they were moved twice from
Todd County, Minnesota
to
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
. After the
Dakota War of 1862
and tensions created by the
hate group
Knights of the Forest
, about 2,000 Ho-Chunk were interned at
Camp Porter
in Mankato before being expelled from Minnesota into
Crow Creek, South Dakota
in 1863.
The Ho-Chunk often
nonviolently resisted
removal by staying home, or simply returning home, rather than engaging in uprisings. Poor conditions at Crow Creek led many Ho-Chunk to leave for the
Omaha Reservation
in Nebraska; The
Winnebago Reservation
was founded for the Ho-Chunk in Nebraska in 1865. The
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
is considered a "non-reservation" tribe, as members historically had to acquire individual homesteads in order to regain title to ancestral territory; they hold land in more than 13 counties in Wisconsin and have land in Illinois.
[3]
The federal government has granted legal
reservation
status to some of these parcels, but the Ho-Chunk nation does not have a contiguous reservation in the traditional sense. While related, the two tribes are distinct federally recognized sovereign nations and peoples, each with its own constitutionally formed government and completely separate governing and business interests. Since the late 20th century, both tribal councils have authorized the
development of casinos
. The Ho-Chunk Nation is working on language restoration and has developed a Hooc?k-language
iOS
app and online dictionary.
[4]
Etymology
[
edit
]
The Ho-Chunk speak a
Siouan language
, which they believe was given to them by their creator, M?’?na (Earthmaker).
[
citation needed
]
Their native name is
Ho-Chunk
(or Hooc?k), which has been variously translated as "sacred voice" or "People of the Big Voice", meaning
mother tongue
, as in they originated the Siouan language family.
[5]
Neighboring
Siouan tribes
refer to the Ho-Chunk by translations of their name into the their language, such as
Hotuŋe
in the
Iowa-Otoe language
) or
Hothaŋka
in the
Dakota language
. The term "Winnebago" is a term used by the
Potawatomi
, pronounced as "Winnipego".
The
Jesuit Relations
of 1659?1660 said:
He started, in the month of June of the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight, from the lake of the Ouinipegouek, which is strictly only a large bay in lake Huron. It is called by others, the lake of the stinkards, not because it is salt like the water of the Sea?which the Savages call Ouinipeg, or stinking water?but because it is surrounded by sulphurous soil, whence issue several springs which convey into this lake the impurities absorbed by their waters in the places of their origin.
[6]
Nicolas Perrot
was a 17th-century French trader who believed that the Algonquian terms referred to saltwater seas, as these have a distinctive aroma compared with freshwater lakes.
[7]
An early
Jesuit
record says that the name refers to the origin of
Le Puans
near the saltwater seas to the north.
[8]
When the explorers
Jean Nicolet
and
Samuel de Champlain
learned of the "sea" connection to the tribe's name, they were optimistic that it meant
Les Puans
were from or had lived near the
Pacific Ocean
. They hoped it indicated a passage to
China
via the great rivers of the Midwest.
Culture
[
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]
Before Europeans ventured into Ho-Chunk territory, the Ho-Chunk were known to hunt, farm, and gather food from local sources, including nuts, berries, roots, and edible leaves. They knew what the forest and river's edge had to give and both genders had a role in making best use of resources. With the changing seasons, Ho-Chunk families moved from area to area to find food. For example, many families returned to
Black River Falls, Wisconsin
, to pick berries in the summer.
Ho-Chunk women were responsible for growing, gathering, and processing food for their families, including the cultivation of varieties of corn and squash, in order to have different types through the growing season; and gathering a wide variety of roots, nuts, and berries, as well as sap from maple trees. In addition, women learned to recognize and use a wide range of roots and leaves for medicinal and herbal purposes.
[9]
The maple sap was used to make syrup and candy. Women also processed and cooked game, making dried meats combined with berries to sustain their families when traveling. Tanned hides were used to make clothing and storage bags. They used most parts of the game for tools, binding, clothing, and coverings for dwellings. They were responsible for the survival of the families, caring for the children as well as elders.
[10]
The main role of the Ho-Chunk man was as a hunter?and a warrior when needed. Leaders among the men interfaced with other tribes. As hunters, they speared fish and clubbed them to death. The men also hunted game such as muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, and deer.
[11]
Some men learned to create jewelry and other body decorations out of silver and copper, for both men and women.
[10]
To become men, boys would go through a rite of passage at puberty: they fasted for a period during which they were expected to acquire a guardian spirit; without it, their lives would be miserable.
Besides having a guardian spirit, men would also try to acquire protection and powers from specific spirits, which was done by making offerings along with tobacco.
[12]
For example, a man would not go on the warpath without first performing the "war-bundle feast", which contained two parts. The first part honored the night-spirits and the second part honored the
Thunderbird
spirit. The blessings these spirits gave the men were embodied in objects that together made the war-bundle. These objects could include feathers, bones, skins, flutes, and paints.
[11]
History
[
edit
]
Ancestral Ho-Chunk
[
edit
]
Ho-Chunk
oral history
says they have always lived in their current homelands of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois.
[13]
Their
Siouan language
indicates common origin with other peoples of this language group. They say their ancestors built the thousands of
effigy mounds
through Wisconsin and surrounding states
[14]
during the
Late Woodland period
. In the Terminal
Late Woodland Period
, the practice of building effigy mounds abruptly ceased with the appearance of the
Oneota
Culture. The Ho-Chunk claim descendancy from both the effigy mound-building Late Woodland cultures and the successor Oneota Culture.
[15]
The tribe historically adopted
corn
agriculture at the end of the
Late Woodland period
as well as hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants. They cultivated
wild rice
(
Zizania
spp.) and gathered sugar from
sugar maple
trees.
European contact and tribe split
[
edit
]
European contact came in 1634 with the arrival of French explorer
Jean Nicolet
. He wrote that the Winnebago/Ho-Chunk occupied the area around Green Bay of
Lake Michigan
in Wisconsin, reaching beyond Lake Winnebago to the
Wisconsin River
and to the
Rock River
in
Illinois
. The oral history also indicates that in the mid-16th century, the influx of
Ojibwe
peoples in the northern portion of their lands caused the Ho-Chunk to move to the south of their territory. They had some friction with the tribes of the
Illinois Confederacy
as well as fellow
Chiwere
-speaking peoples splitting from the Ho-Chunk. These groups, who became the
Iowa
,
Missouria
, and
Otoe
tribes, moved south and west because the reduced range made it difficult for such a large population to be sustained.
[16]
Population decline
[
edit
]
Nicolet reported a gathering of approximately 5,000 warriors as the Ho-Chunk entertained him. Historians estimate that the population in 1634 may have ranged from 8,000 to more than 20,000. Between that time and the first return of
French
trappers and traders in the late 1650s, the population was reduced drastically. Later reports were that the Ho-Chunk numbered only about 500. When numerous Algonquian tribes migrated west to escape the aggressive
Iroquois
tribes in the
Beaver Wars
, they competed for game and resources with the Ho-Chunk, who had to yield to their greater numbers.
The reasons historians give for the reduction in population vary, but they agree on three major causes: the loss of several hundred warriors in a storm on a lake,
infectious disease
epidemics
after contact with Europeans, and attacks by the Illinois Confederacy. The warriors were said to be lost on Lake Michigan after they had repulsed the first attack by invading the
Potawatomi
from what is now
Door County, Wisconsin
.
[17]
Another says the number was 600.
[18]
Another claim is that the 500 were lost in a storm on Lake Winnebago during a failed campaign against the
Meskwaki
,
[19]
while yet another says it was in a battle against the
Sauk
.
[20]
Even with such a serious loss of warriors, the historian R. David Edmunds notes that it was not enough to cause the near elimination of an entire people. He suggests two additional causes.
[21]
The Winnebago apparently suffered from a widespread disease, perhaps an
epidemic
of one of the European
infectious diseases
. They had no
immunity
to the new diseases and suffered high rates of fatalities. Ho-Chunk accounts said the victims turned yellow, which is not a trait of
smallpox
.
[16]
Historians have rated disease as the major reason for the losses in all Native American populations. Edmunds notes as a third cause of the population decline the following historic account: decimation by the Illinois Confederacy. The Ho-Chunk had been helped at one time by many of their enemies, in particular the Illinois Confederacy, during their time of suffering and
famine
, aggravated by the loss of their hunters. The Winnebago then attacked the Illinois Confederacy. Enraged, additional Illinois warriors retaliated and killed nearly all the Ho-Chunk.
[21]
After peace was established between the French and Iroquois in 1701, many of the
Algonquian peoples
returned to their homelands to the east. The Ho-Chunk were then relieved of that pressure on their territory and after 1741, most returned inland.
[16]
From a low of perhaps less than 500, the population gradually recovered, aided by
intermarriage
with neighboring tribes and some of the French traders and trappers. A count from 1736 gives a population of 700; in 1806, they numbered more than 2,900. A census in 1846 reported 4,400 people but by 1848, there were reportedly 2,500. Like other Native American tribes, the Ho-Chunk suffered great losses during the
smallpox
epidemics
of 1757?58 and 1836. In the 19th-century epidemic, they lost nearly a quarter of their population.
[16]
Today the Ho-Chunk population is about 12,000.
The
Black Hawk War
of 1832 was fought largely on Ho-Chunk land. In early 1832, White Cloud invited the Sauk band to live in the Rock River band's Illinois villages. About 1,200 Ho-Chunk, Fox, Kickapoo, and others came, from locations such as
Saukenuk
on the Iowa reservation, where there was little food. The arrivals included
Black Sparrow Hawk
, who had been a leading warrior of the
British Band
during the
War of 1812
.
[22]
Series of forced removals
[
edit
]
Through a series of moves imposed by the U.S. government in the 19th century, the tribe was relocated to reservations increasingly further west: in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
South Dakota
, and finally
Nebraska
. Oral history suggests some of the tribe may have been forcibly relocated up to 13 times by the federal government to steal land through forced treaty cession, losses estimated at 30 million acres in Wisconsin alone.
[23]
The Ho-Chunk often
nonviolently resisted
removal by staying home, or simply returning home, rather than engaging in uprisings.
[24]
The Winnebago ceded lands in Wisconsin in 1829, 1832 and 1837; further removal attempts occurred in Wisconsin in 1840, 1846, 1850, and 1873?4.
[25]
The 1848 removal from Iowa was documented by a soldier in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers. About 2,500 people were forced to travel by wagon, on foot, and on horseback from
Fort Atkinson, Iowa
to
Winona, Minnesota
, and thence by
steamboat
to a new Reservation in
Todd County, Minnesota
, with its agency at
Long Prairie, Minnesota
Reservation.
[26]
[27]
The Long Prairie Reservation, which was heavily wooded, was more suitable for logging than for farming.
[28]
Writing in 1915,
St. Cloud, Minnesota
journalist and local historian William Bell Mitchell recalled that as of 1850, the Ho-Chunk "had one of their main villages on the west bank of the
Mississippi River
", and at the mouth of the
Watab River
in what is now
Sartell, Minnesota
.
[29]
The Long Prairie Reservation was dissolved in 1855, and its residents were moved to
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
.
[28]
While relating a May 1860 series of raids and revenge killings between the
Chippewa
and
Dakota peoples
in which one Ho-Chunk warrior was also killed in
Maine Prairie Township
,
Stearns County, Minnesota
, George W. Sweet, a pioneer settler of
Sauk Rapids
, recalled, "The Winnebagoes were supposed to be a neutral party between the Sioux and Chippewa, but occasionally a Winnebago would join a party of Sioux on a raid against the Chippewas."
[30]
During the 1862
Dakota War
, a very small faction of the Ho-Chunk led by Chief Little Priest joined forces with the uprising and its figurehead leader, Chief
Little Crow
. This had disastrous results for all the Ho-Chunk living in Minnesota.
Reservations formation
[
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]
In 1863, the Ho-Chunk were forced to leave Blue Earth County by a
secret society
organized by local pioneer settlers in
Mankato
, "The Knights of the Forest", which sent armed men to surround the Ho-Chunks' prime farmland.
[31]
About 2,000 Ho-Chunk were interned at
Camp Porter
in Mankato, and thence removed to
Crow Creek
,
Dakota Territory
. Poor conditions at Crow Creek led many Ho-Chunk to leave for an Omaha reservation in Nebraska. The
Winnebago Reservation
was founded for the Ho-Chunk in Nebraska in 1865.
[28]
[32]
[33]
Following the forced relocations, many tribe members returned to previous homes, especially in Wisconsin, despite the U.S. Army's repeated roundups and forced removals.
[25]
But the federal government finally allowed the Winnebago to resettle and acquire land in their ancestral homeland in Wisconsin, which eventually received recognition as an official Reservation known as the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
. The Ho-Chunk in Nebraska have gained independent federal recognition as a tribe and have a reservation in
Thurston County
. The Ho-Chunk Nation now has a constitution that reinforces its
sovereign
abilities to negotiate with the US government.
Waukon
and
Decorah
, county seats of
Allamakee
and
Winneshiek County, Iowa
, respectively, were named after the 19th-century Ho-Chunk
Chief Waukon Decorah
.
Ho-Chunk clans
[
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]
Before the US government removed the Ho-Chunk from their native land in Wisconsin, the tribe consisted of 12
clans
(see table). In pre-contact Ho-Chunk society, clans were typically associated with specific social roles; for instance, the Thunderbird Clan was the clan from which chiefs were appointed,
[34]
while the Bear Clan enforced discipline within the community and oversaw prisoners.
[35]
Hokiikarac ? Ho-Chunk Clans
Name
|
Translation
|
Wak?ja
|
Thunderbird
|
Won??ire W??k?ik
|
People of War
|
Cax?ep
|
Eagle
|
Rucge
|
Pigeon
|
H?c
|
Bear
|
??kj?k
|
Wolf
|
Wakjexi
|
Water-spirit
|
Ca
|
Deer
|
H??w?
|
Elk
|
Cexj?
|
Buffalo
|
Ho
|
Fish
|
Wak?
|
Snake
|
[36]
|
The clans were associated with animal spirits representing the traditional responsibilities within the nation; each clan had a role in the survival of the people. Like other Native Americans, the Ho-Chunk had rules generally requiring people to marry outside their clans. The
kinship
system was based in the family and gave structure to descent and inheritance rules. Although the tribe is
patrilineal
today, anthropologists believe they may have had a
matrilineal
kinship system in the 17th century before their major losses. At that time, the matriarchs of a clan would name its chief and they could reclaim the position if they disapproved of his actions. The Ho-Chunk may have shifted to the patrilineal system due to marriage into other tribes or under the influence of the male-oriented fur trade.
[37]
Today there are two
federally recognized tribes
of Ho-Chunk people, the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
.
Ho-Chunk Nation
[
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]
This tribe is headquartered in
Black River Falls, Wisconsin
.
[38]
Formerly known as the
Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe
, it changed its name to "Ho-Chunk Nation" to take back the traditional Siouan name. Ho-Chunk usually call themselves
Hooc?k waaziija haci
meaning "sacred voice people of the Pines". They also call themselves
w??k?ik
? "people". They are the larger of the two federally recognized Ho-Chunk tribes.
The Ho-Chunk have established the
Hooc?k Waaziija Haci
Language and Culture Division, which has developed materials to teach and restore use of the
Hoc?k
language and other elements of their culture. Among its recent innovations is the development of a Hoc?k-language app for the
iPhone
.
[39]
The Ho-Chunk have about 200 native speakers among its elders.
[40]
Of the 7,192 tribal members as of May 2011, 5,042 lived in Wisconsin. The tribes own 4,602 acres (18.625 km
2
) scattered across parts of 12 counties in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota. The largest concentrations are in
Jackson
,
Clark
, and
Monroe
counties in Wisconsin. Smaller areas lie in
Adams
,
Crawford
,
Dane
,
Juneau
,
La Crosse
,
Marathon
,
Rock
,
Sauk
,
Shawano
, and
Wood
counties in Wisconsin. The Ho-Chunk Nation also owns land in
Lynwood, Illinois
.
[41]
Government
[
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]
The Ho-Chunk Nation established a written constitution and is governed by an elected council. As of 2023
[update]
, the current president is John Greendeer.
Since the late 20th century, the tribe operates six casinos in Wisconsin, in order to raise funds:
In February 2013, the Beloit Common Council sold land to the Ho-Chunk Nation for a proposed casino.
[46]
The council has used revenues to enhance infrastructure, healthcare, and educational support for its people.
In 1988, the Ho-Chunk Nation filed a timely claim for transfer of the
Badger Army Ammunition Plant
(BAAP), which was to be declared surplus under federal regulations. As part of their former traditional territory, the property holds historical, archeological, sacred, and cultural resources important to their people. It is a 1500-acre parcel in
Sauk County, Wisconsin
. In 1998 the
Secretary of the Interior
had issued a letter to claim the land on behalf of the Ho-Chunk but in 2011, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) refused to accept the property. It was unwilling to conduct an environmental assessment due to cost.
[47]
The Ho-Chunk are continuing to pursue the case. Between 1998 and 2011, the Army spent millions of dollars in environmental assessments and cleanup to prepare the property for transfer. In 2012 the
National Congress of American Indians
(NCAI) passed a resolution in support of the Ho-Chunk and to encourage the BIA to accept surplus lands in trust on behalf of tribes.
[47]
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
[
edit
]
The tribe has a reservation in northeastern Nebraska
[49]
and western Iowa. The
Winnebago Indian Reservation
lies primarily in the northern part of
Thurston
and a small part of
Dixon
counties in Nebraska, with an additional portion in
Woodbury County
, Iowa. A small plot of off-reservation land of 116.75 acres (0.4725 km
2
) is in southern Craig Township in
Burt County
, Nebraska. The total land area is 457.857 km
2
(176.78 sq mi).
They refer to themselves as
Hooc?k n??oc haci
meaning "sacred voice people living on the Missouri River".
The Iowa portion was originally west of the
Missouri River
and within Nebraska boundaries. After the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
changed the course of the river, some of the reservation land was redefined as falling within the boundaries of Iowa. The tribe successfully argued that the land belonged to them under the terms of the deed prior to diversion of the river. This land has a postal address of
Sloan
, Iowa, as rural addresses are normally covered by the nearest post office.
The
2000 census
reported a population of 2,588 people living on these lands. The largest community is the village of
Winnebago
, with others in
Emerson
and
Thurston
, Nebraska. In 2006 their enrolled population was estimated at 4,000.
[40]
The federally recognized
Omaha
also have a reservation in Thurston County. Together, the Native American tribes occupy the entire land area of Thurston County.
Government
[
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]
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has a written constitution and is governed by an elected nine-person council.
Since 1992 the Winnebago tribe has owned and operated the WinnaVegas Casino on its lands in Iowa. The tribe legalized alcohol sales to keep liquor tax revenue, earmarked for supporting individuals and families affected by alcoholism. More than 60% of federally recognized tribes in the lower 48 states have legalized alcohol sales.
[50]
In 1994 the tribe established Ho-Chunk, Inc., an economic development corporation that now employs 1400 people. Its success has earned the tribe small business organization awards. It has initiated a strong housing construction program in collaboration with federal programs. Its leaders were featured on
Native American Entrepreneurs
in 2009 on
PBS
.
[51]
Land claims
[
edit
]
According to Gordon Thunder (Wak?ja)
[
who?
]
, the Ho-Chunk have been systematically removed from their homelands, many now occupied by other tribes. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, which at one time consisted primarily of tribal members spread over 13 counties of Wisconsin, have a historical territorial claim in an area encompassed by a line from
Green Bay
to
Long Prairie
to
St. Louis
to
Chicago
. Some in the federal and state governments have undermined the Ho-Chunk land claims; however, repatriation activities document where many villages once stood.
[
citation needed
]
Notable Ho-Chunk people
[
edit
]
- Angel De Cora
, artist and educator
- Joba Chamberlain
, Major league baseball pitcher
- Henry Roe Cloud
, born 1884,
Yale
graduate, educator
- Glory of the Morning
, 18th-century chief
- Willard LaMere
, educational leader and co-founder of the Native American Educational Services (NAES) College in Chicago
- Hononegah
, co-founder of
Rockton, Illinois
- Bronson Koenig
, All Big-Ten basketball player from University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2013 to 2017
- Truman Lowe
, artist
- Red Bird
, chief and leader during the 1827
Winnebago War
- Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr.
, Korean War Medal of Honor recipient
- Red Wing
(also known as Lillian St. Cyr), film actress
- John Raymond Rice
, World War II and Korean War hero, recipient of the Bronze Star
- Chief Waukon Decorah
, warrior and orator
- Mountain Wolf Woman
, an early 19th-century convert to the
Peyote religion
- Chief Yellow Thunder
(also known as
Waun-kaun-tshaw-zee-kau
)
- Betsy Thunder
, Traditional doctor
- Sharice Davids
(b. 1980), assumed office in 2019 as the
U.S. representative
from
Kansas's 3rd congressional district
, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress
- Sam Blowsnake
, author
See also
[
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]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
Steindorf, Shane (12 May 2020).
"Current Ho-Chunk Population Map"
.
Ho-Chunk Nation
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
- ^
"Indian Affairs"
.
Winnebago Agency
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
- ^
Vaisvilas, Frank (1 May 2024).
"Kansas-based Potawatomi tribe establishes reservation in Illinois"
.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee and Wisconsin breaking news and investigations
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
- ^
"Ho-Chunk Dictionary"
.
Ho-Chunk Dictionary
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
- ^
"Ho-Chunk Nation"
.
Wisconsin First Nations
. 16 August 2017
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
- ^
"home"
.
puffin.creighton.edu
. 11 August 2014.
Archived
from the original on 21 March 2016
. Retrieved
25 April
2018
.
- ^
Among them Nicolas Perrot,
et al
;
The Indian Tribes of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Region of the Great Lakes
; Emma Helen Blair, Ed.; Arthur H. Clark Company; Cleveland; 1911; Vol. 1, p. 288, note 199
- ^
"Origins of the French and English Names for the Bay of Green Bay"
Archived
30 September 2007 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Wisconsin's French Connections
, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Library
- ^
Kindscher, K., and D. Hurlburt. 1998. "Huron Smith's Ethnobotany of the Hocak (Winnebago)"
Archived
18 June 2013 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Economic Botany
52:352?372, accessed 31 August 2012
- ^
a
b
"Ho-Chunk Nation :: About Us"
.
ho-chunknation.com
. Archived from
the original
on 11 November 2013
. Retrieved
25 April
2018
.
- ^
a
b
Radin, Paul. "The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian",
American Archaeology and Ethnology
16.7 (1920): 381?473
- ^
"Winnebago History and Culture"
.
www.nanations.com
.
Archived
from the original on 16 February 2017
. Retrieved
25 April
2018
.
- ^
"About The Ho-Chunk Nation Government"
.
Ho-Chunk Nation
.
Archived
from the original on 17 May 2020
. Retrieved
19 May
2020
.
- ^
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