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The 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.
A tribal member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, also known as the Winnebago Indian Tribe, Rice was born in Winnebago, Nebraska, and had previously served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. [2] During World War II Rice was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism during the New Guinea campaign.
Ho-Chunk Gaming – Wisconsin Dells is a Native American casino and hotel located in the Town of Delton, Wisconsin, between Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo. The casino is owned by the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, one of six Ho-Chunk casinos in the state and one of the three largest. [2] [3] [4] It is a Class III casino. [5]
The Ho-Chunk Nation speaks Ho-Chunk language (Hocąk), which is a Chiwere-Winnebago language, part of the Siouan-Catawban language family. [2] With Hocąk speakers increasingly limited to a declining number of elders, the tribe has created a Language Division within the Heritage Preservation Department aimed at documenting and teaching the ...
Ho-Chunk, Inc. is the tribe's corporation; it provides construction services, professional services, and business and consumer products. [13] The Winnebago Tribe also owns and operates the WinnaVegas Casino Resort, hotel, and Flowers Island Restaurant and Buffet, all located in Sloan, Iowa. [14]
The Ho-Chunk peoples, also known as the Winnebago — a Native American tribe of the Category:Great Lakes tribes, in the northern United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The attacks at Fort Blue Mounds were two separate incidents which occurred on June 6 and 20, 1832, as part of the Black Hawk War.In the first incident, area residents attributed the killing of a miner to a band of Ho-Chunk warriors, and concluded that more Ho-Chunk planned to join Black Hawk in his war against white settlers.
Reuben Alvis Snake Jr. (1937–1993) [2] was an American Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) activist, educator, spiritual leader, and tribal leader. [3] [4] He served as a leader within the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s, [3] and in the National Congress of American Indians in the 1980s. [3]