Ho-Chunk Nation | People of the Sacred Voice
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Culture and beliefs have sustained the Ho-Chunk Nation for centuries and today make it one of the strongest Native American Tribes in the United States. The tribe's elders and their devotion to passing along traditions to younger generations create a solid base for this group of 7,752 citizens.
Ho-Chunk - Wikipedia
WEBThe Ho-Chunk, also known as Hocąk, Hoocągra, 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.
Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells - Home
WEBHo-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells - Baraboo, Wisconsin, offers a full-service casino that lets you enjoy 24-hour slot machines, bingo, blackjack and other games 365 days a year. Experience a Wisconsin luxury hotel with the gaming excitement of a Vegas vacation!
Ho-Chunk | Overview, Culture, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBHo-Chunk, a Siouan -speaking North American Indian people who lived in what is now eastern Wisconsin when encountered in 1634 by French explorer Jean Nicolet. Settled in permanent villages of dome-shaped wickiups (wigwams), the Ho-Chunk cultivated corn (maize), squash, beans, and tobacco.
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin - Wikipedia
WEBThe Ho-Chunk Nation (Ho-Chunk language: Hoocąk) is a federally recognized tribe of the Ho-Chunk with traditional territory across five states in the United States: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri.
Ho-Chunk Nation - Wisconsin First Nations
WEBThe Ho-Chunk are one of two of the First Nations of Wisconsin with an oral history that places their origin in Wisconsin at Móogašuc, or the Red Banks. In their oral history, the Red Banks is the first Ho-Chunk village near present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Teejop (Dejope): significance and history - Tribal Relations
WEBThe Ho-Chunk have called Teejop (pronounced Day-JOPE [J as in Jump]) and the shores of Waaksikhomikra (Where the Person Rests) home for time immemorial. The Ho-Chunk, along with the Menominee, are Indigenous nations whose Creation Stories are rooted in what is now known as Wisconsin.
Ho-Chunk | Milwaukee Public Museum - MPM
WEBThe Ho-Chunk -- formerly called the Winnebago -- are members of a Siouan-speaking tribe who were established in Wisconsin at the time of French contact in the 1630s. The oral traditions of the tribe, particularly the Thunderbird clan, state that the Ho-Chunk originated at the Red Banks on Green Bay.
Ho-Chunk History | Milwaukee Public Museum - MPM
WEBThe Ho-Chunk are a Siouan-speaking people whose presence in present-day Wisconsin was known to the French at Quebec as early as 1616. According to oral tradition, they originated at Red Banks, generally assumed to be a site on the Door Peninsula on Green Bay, where they were located at the time of French contact in the 17th century.
Reviving Ho-Chunk | National Endowment for the Humanities
WEBWisconsin For Kirsten Betancurt, a member of the Hoocąąk (also known as the “Ho-Chunk”) Native American tribe, the flourishing of her tribe’s distinct culture depends on the survival of its language. Assurance that the Ho-Chunk language will continue to be spoken, however, is by no means a given.
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